Emanuelle Degli Esposti

The new head of Al-Qaeda has released a video in which he describes the late Osama Bin Laden as "tender" and "kind".

Amnesty International has called on the world community to condemn "human rights violations in Azerbaijan" under the current regime.

Students demonstrating against the possibility of an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites have formed a human shield around the uranium enrichment plant near Isfahan, reports Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

A group of Palestinian activists are reportedly re-enacting the U.S. Civil Rights Movement's Freedom Rides in the American South by boarding segregated Israeli settler buses to Jerusalem.

The general secretary of an international Hindu organisation has called for a new Indian Constitution that allows for "anyone who converts Hindus to be beheaded."

The Associated Press reports that at least 50 people have been killed in the latest surge of violence in the Assad regime's crackdown on protesters.

Muslim community leaders are openly teaching people how to identify police informants, and briefing them on their legal rights, reports the Associated Press.

The Taliban in Afghanistan have said they have obtained a government security plan for the Loya Jirga, or the grand assembly of leaders, due to open in Kabul this week.

American popstar and actress Miley Cyrus has hit back at media claims that she has gained weight by urging fans to be proud of their figures, no matter what size.

Three French aid workers have been released by Yemeni militants after being held for six months, say officials.

Israel's insistence on the need for a pre-emptive strike on Iran belies the Jewish nation's own murky history when it comes to nuclear arsenal.

Obama's Middle East advisor, Dennis Ross, has stepped down from his position after nearly four years of service.

The international humanitarian watchdog, Human Rights Watch, has called on the Arab League to suspend Syria in the face of ongoing 'crimes against humanity'.

Israel's Supreme Court has ruled against an appeal by the ex-President combatting a seven-year jail term for rape and sexual harassment.

In an unprecedented move of self-censorship, the European Union has blocked the release of a documentary on Afghan women jailed for so-called 'moral crimes.'

A senior manager at Transport for London is believed to have fallen from the top of the company's new headquarters in Greenwich last Friday, reports the London Evening Standard.

The global anti-capitalist movement is said to be planning an hour-long stand-off at 11.11am on Friday Nov. 11, 2011, Remembrance Day.

The moderator of a popular Mexican social network has been murdered, allegedly for passing on a tip off to the authorities regarding the local drug cartel.

The International Energy Agency has warned that if fossil fuel infrastructure is not radically and rapidly re-thought, the world will 'lose for ever' the chance to avoid devastating climate change.

London's Evening Standard newspaper has included Kate Middleton's sister on its latest list of the 1000 list of the most influential people in the British capital.

Tens of thousands of Italian opposition activists demonstrated in central Rome to call for the resignation of embattled Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.

The beleaguered Italian Prime minister has had a colourful and controversial career, and has survived 53 confidence votes since returning to power in 2008. Can he do it again?

In an overheard exchange with U.S. President Barack Obama at the G20 summit last week, French President Nicohlas Sarkozy allegedly called Benjamin Netanyahu a 'liar.'

Russian police say the historian dressed the bodies in clothes scavenged from local cemeteries.

Israeli officials deny that the international hackers' group were responsible for the malfunction of several government-run websites on Sunday.

Delegates on board the Freedom Waves to Gaza flotilla have been mistreated by Israeli forces and are currently being detained in Givon prison, central Israel, say activist groups.

With rumours circulating about Canadian popstar Justin Bieber allegedly fathering a child, his girlfriend and host for the evening, Selena Gomez, hardly showed signs of strain as she dazzled the audience in eight separate outfits. But she wasn't the only one in the limelight at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast on Sunday. Click through the images to see the kaleidoscope of colourful dresses and frills that graced the red carpet over the weekend.

Israeli naval forces have boarded two boats carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinian citizens living in the Gaza strip.

35-year-old Qiu Xiang is the sixth person to die in such a grisly protest against the Chinese.