Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas calls for urgent Arab League meeting over Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
Israel's military spokeswoman Avital Leibovitch says the Gaza attack is 'start of a broader operation' called Pillar of Defence.
Jawad and Jalal Fairooz tell IBTimes UK of their shock at discovering their citizenship had been revoked by Bahrain government.
Internal document for Israel's foreign ministry claims removing Abbas 'only option' over UN bid
The Palestinian Authority's bid to gain "observer state status" at the UN set to gain backing from 12 European states.
77-year-old spiritual leader said foreign intervention is necessary to jolt 'narrow-minded Communist officials' in Beijing.
Sadah follows Manal al-Sharif and Samar Badawi in filing similar lawsuits against the government
Greece's infamous neo-Nazi party set up a branch in Italian city of Trieste.
Parliamentary speaker Rebecca Kadaga says bill will become law by end of 2012, but Kikonyogo Kivumbi says it is merely a 'political weapon'.
Prime Minister Gillard call for Royal Commission to investigate claims of widespread sexual abuses in religious schools, churches and charities
Israel tanks fire on Syrian targets after stray mortar from Syrian civil war lands in Golan Heights.
A Tibetan activists' group has released a Gangnam style parody video to make fun of China's leadership in the run-up to the China Communist Party's 18th Congress.
Around 400 people gathered at University of Mississippi, a key batleground in the figght agianst segregation 50 years ago, some shouting racial slurs against newly re-elected President Barack Obama.
Romney and the GOP party failed to seduce New America while Obama intercepted change
As the 18th Party Congress begins IBTimes UK asks Tibetan activists and academics how they think Xi Jinping will deal with China's decades-old challenge - Tibet.
Live coverage of the US presidential election for 2012. Barack Obama has been re-elected President of the USA
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced that the city marathon will go on as planned on Sunday, despite growing backlash related to Hurricane Sandy damages.
F1 chief not worried about race despite anti-government protests and crackdown on public gatherings.
Pillay's condemnation follows wave of self-immolations in Tibet in protest against Chinese rule.
The two members of Pussy Riot in Urals' prison camps 'have done their time and should be released' according to Russian PM.
Floodwaters rise to 140cm above sea level in worst early winter storms for two years.
Jesus character tries to shake off drug problems by starting campaign for Russian punk band. Will Kremlin be amused?
Online opposition China Republican party shut down after just one day and founder jailed in run-up to congress.
MPs part of 150-strong mob which assaulted immigrants over alleged stabbing of local hairdresser.
Renowned broadcast journalist held for TV claims about Anonymous-leaked exchange between government and troika of rescue lenders.
Traditional Greenwich Village extravaganza of ghouls, ghosts and monsters abandoned for first time in 39 years.
Greece finance minister announces amended 2013 budget that raises debt and deficit forecasts for 2013.
Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Kurdish leaders eating kebabs while inmates on hunger strike.
Relatives of victims of killing spree by National Socialist Underground to get compensation.
Pro-democracy activists and Bahraini opposition claims government move is "against international human rights"