Extreme weather is God's revenge on sinful America, says anti-gay chaplain.
High court quashes Australian government bid to extradite 91-year-old man from Perth accused of killing Jewish man in Budapest on November 1944.
Sea school sailing ship in trouble after being battered by Hurricane Sandy in 20ft seas off North Carolina coast.
Human rights campaigners accuse Myanmar government of failing to prevent Rohingya massacre.
President Karzai urges Taliban to 'stop killing other Afghans' as dozens die in suicide attack on mosque.
Government in exile urges countrymen to avoid ultimate protest as Beijing arrests five monks over Free Tibet demonstration.
'Caonima Style', which allows dissidents to criticise government without breaching swearing regulations, removed after becoming sensation in China.
Police pledge reward of $7,700 for tip-offs about Tibetans who plans to burn themselves to death in protest at Chinese rule.
Silvio Berlusconi puts speculation to rest by saying he will not run for 2013 parliamentary elections.
Information minister Ahmed Belal Osman warns Israel: We reserve right to react to attack.
Four Palestinian militants killed in retaliatory airstrikes by Israeli Defence Force.
The international envoy for Syria reportedly pushed "extremely hard" for a truce during talks in Damascus
Neo-Nazi lawmakers allegedly involved in attacks against street vendors and armed robbery can now be prosecuted.
Three people killed and 400 homes destroyed in fresh clashes between Buddhist majority and Muslim minority in Rakhine state of Myanmar.
Dorjee Rinchen, a farmer in his 50s, burns himself to death after earlier self-immolation of Tibetan outside Labrang monastery.
Study commissioned by New Israeli Fund shows that vast majority of Jews in Israel approve of active discrimination against Palestinians.
First visit by head of state to isolated Palestinian territory since 2007 Israeli blockade.
Human rights activists denounce abuses inside besieged village after death of officer in explosion.
President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at odds with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after prison visit denial.
Former Cuban leader dismisses rumours that he had a stroke and is on his deathbed.
Death of Lebanese official who was already a target for his role in Samaha affair raises fears that bombing was an assassination.
Cuban communist government publishes Castro Reflection essay to disprove rumours that ailing leader is close to death.
Teenage female's rights activist, shot in Pakistan for promoting education among girls, able to stand and communicate.
Pro-democracy rally spirals out of control with bomb explosion in village near capital Manama.
A Jewish student union had threatened legal action against the micro-blogging site for messages posted under #unbonjuif
Government tells IBTimes UK it strongly objects to allegations by Commons foreign affairs committee.
Opponents to Al-Khalifa ruling family are tweeting torn pictures of king Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa.
The 42-year-old pianist and composer's mockery of quickfire call to prayer brings charges of offending Muslims.
Users in Germany will no longer be able to access Besseres Hannover account, in accordance with policy introduced by Twitter in January.
Pope 'surprised' by media reaction to feminist punk band's anti-Putin performance in Moscow cathedral.