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Saudi blogger Raif Badawi may receive royal pardon 5 years after being jailed for 'insulting Islam', his wife Ensaf Haidar was told by MEPs.

Five men and six youths given banning order preventing them from touching vehicles following spate of thefts across Leeds.

Mohamed Al-Fayed has been accused of sexually harassing three of his female employees, including two teenagers, while owner of Harrods.

It snowed in Houston, Texas for the first time in 8 years. While the snow isn't that rare in the north of the state, the South just enjoyed a rare occasion to have a bit of fun.

Genene Jones, a former nurse suspected of killing up to 60 infants in Texas, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges relating to five children in the early 1980s.

Comic Relief video featuring Ed Sheeran was branded "poverty tourism" by the Norwegian NGO that runs the awards.

People set fire to US and Israeli flags and destroyed effigies of Donald Trump in Muslim-majority countries around the globe, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt and Indonesia.

Police looking into possibility children and teenagers who have disappeared from north London borough may have gone missing together.

Adrian Bellenger, former abbot of Downside Abbey, accuses predecessor Father Richard Yeo of encouraging sex abuse and sheltering child sex offenders.

Mohammed Abdallah jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of travelling to Syria to team up with terrorist group.

In the occupied West Bank, Palestinian stone-throwers traded volleys in the streets with soldiers firing tear gas and rubber bullets.

A Redditor discovered that an "old lady" had knitted about 20 scarves and left them by trees and poles in University Park in Indianapolis for the homeless to use.

Italian man Mattia del Zotto arrested after police accuse him of using thalium, ingredient in rat poison, to murder his grandparents and aunt in Monzo, near Milan.

Detectives investigating the double murder of sex offender Noel Brown and daughter Marie Brown in Deptford, east London are looking at whether they were killed by a vigilante.

A new "earthquake-proof" house will be built to fold in half and cost home buyers as little as £19000.

Calvin Klein underwear, among hoodies, fans and shoes impounded by UK officials.

More than 400 Nigerians flown out of Libya to Lagos following outcry over migrant slave trade reports.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is showcasing a new film, Human Flow, about 21st century refugees

The shocking clip was sent to students of Knole Academy in Sevenoaks, England, via Snapchat and Instagram.

Former priest John Feit has been convicted of murdering 25-year-old Texas schoolteacher and beauty queen Irene Garza, more than half a century after her death.

Bryan Singer, director of The Usual Suspects and multiple X-Men movies, is being sued for the alleged rape of a 17-year-old boy in 2003.

Tina Moore was sleeping with her partner, Thomas Mason, when they were attacked by three men armed with hammers, cable ties and duct tape.

Richard Nesbitt, CEO of the Global Risk Institute in Financial Services, speaks to IBTimes UK about the need to address gender diversity.

Eurosceptic politician Daniel Hannan offers some thoughts which would, in 'normal circumstances', be uncontroversial.

The city won the £3m Heritage Lottery Fund grant which will be used towards boosting the arts, tourism and local economy.

The US president's mental health was brought into question by TV host Joe Scarborough who claimed Trump was "completely detached from reality".

Alex Macdonald, Charlie White and Jimmy Buckley allegedly attacked Razvan Sirbu late at night in Tovil, Kent.

During a visit to the Children's National hospital in Washington, the Flotus was asked where she would like to spend the holidays.

Abdourahman Amadeo shouted "Get this h** out of my bed" after trying to rape drunken 22-year-old student.