Emanuelle Degli Esposti

Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav has accused his country of 'executing' him as he arrived at Maasiyahu prison near Tel Aviv on Tuesday to being a seven-year jail term for rape.

America has attempted to reinstate diplomatic ties with Iran for the first time in more than three decades by launching a "virtual" U.S. Embassy Tehran. The Iranian government has blocked internal access to the website.

One of America's top plastic surgeons has said that patients who smoke following a breast lift may cut off the blood supply to their nipples.

An Australian has been sentenced to a year in prison and 500 lashes after being convicted of blasphemy in Saudi Arabia.

The 2011 World Migration Report has found that perceptions of the impact of migration in some countries are greatly distorted.

A suicide bomber has attacked a shrine in Afghan capital Kabul during the Shia holy day of Ashura.

Russian websites monitoring reports of election violation have allegedly been hacked by pro-Putin cyber criminals. It is believed that the majority of the world's most sophisticated and effective cyber attacks originate in Russia.

Jeremy Clarkson made headlines last week after publicly announcing that the striking public sector workers should be taken out and 'shot'. The TV presenter has now sparked fresh controversy by calling suicide victims 'selfish'.

The Israeli government has dropped an advertising campaign by the Ministry of Absorption warning expatriate Israelis against assimilation into American society.

Haunting images of four women's final moments on death row have appeared on the internet eight years after their excecution in China for drug smuggling.

The social networking site has blocked users from adding the town of Effin, in Country Limerick, as a place of residence because the town name is deemed to be offensive.

An Iranian cleric has warned the EU and UN not to tie themselves to "the rotten rope of Britain" at a Friday prayer service in Tehran.

The U.S.-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has slammed a new campaign by Israel's Ministry of Absorption to entice expat Israelis to return home.

Five men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after illegal immigrants travelling from Libya to Italy were thrown overboard in a voodoo ritual.

Private conversations between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife have been secretly recorded, according the Turkish EU Minister.

The European Union agreed Thursday it would impose fresh sanctions on Iran as a response to the country's alleged nuclear programme.

The London-based human rights watchdog Thursday published a report accusing the Gulf state of conducting a campaign of repression against Arab Spring-inspired protesters and reformers.

As people across the globe celebrate World Aids Day, the IBTimes takes a look at the different campaigns around the world.

A 20-year-old Tunisian man attempted suicide by hanging Wednesday afternoon to protest about being passed up for a job offer.

Britain has said it will expel all Iranian diplomats from the country following the storming of the UK embassy in Tehran on Tuesday.

The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party says it has won 40 per cent of the vote in the first round of Egypt's landmark parliamentary elections.

The tomb of acclaimed writer Oscar Wilde was unveiled Wednesday to mark the anniversary of his death in 1900. The stonework of the tomb had suffered damage due to well-wishes planting kisses on its surface.

The BBC World News channel has been taken off the air in Pakistan, reportedly in response to a documentary about the country's failings to meet its commitments in the 'war on terror.'

The restaurant chain Nando's has drawn the ire of a militant group over its latest advert.

Israel has launched an attack on the southern Lebanese town of Ayta Shaab in response to the firing of several rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel. No casualties have been reported.

A breakaway group of demonstrators has stormed the British Embassy compound in Tehran.

A rare cache of photographs of the tragic Romanov family are set to go under the hammer.

Nando's South Africa last week sparked controversy with a toungue-in-cheek advertising campaign showing world dictators spending quality time together. The international restaurant chain has a long history of provocative and politically sensitive adverts. Here are some of the IBTimes' favourites.

Egyptians have turned out in force in defiance of calls to boycott parliamentary elections.