Haiti's dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, son of 'Papa Doc', was notorious for brutality of his regime before he was overthrown in 1986.
Hong Kong chief executive CY Leung threatens to take 'all action necessary' to end pro-democracy protests.
Burmese workers Win and Saw, who have admitted the killings, could face the death penalty if convicted.
Builder, 41, not seen since day of teen's murder.
Six month-old attacked and killed by a dog in her relative's house.
Barbara Henning thanks whole community for support, but her brother says government didn't do enough to secure Alan's release.
Al-Qaida-linked terror group reportedly planning attack on a civilian airliner.
Islamic militants in Iraq have created slave markets, trading and selling women and children of Christian and Yazidi groups, according to UN investigators.
DNA from dried human excrement recovered from Oregon's Paisley Caves is the oldest found in the New World, dating to 14,300 years ago.
Isis militant tells Muslims: 'Cause terror in the hearts of the kuffar, right in the center of the kuffar'.
Group of aid workers and journalists believed to be held by Islamist group.
Leading Muslims, David Cameron, President Obama and George Galloway join in condemning killing of Henning
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Air India crew members found a defused grenade on the flight
Steven Miles sentenced after he admitted to murdering his girlfriend Elizabeth Thomas.
ISIS have threatened to kill former US soldier and volunteer Peter Kassig next.
Obama said the US stands by Britain and will take decisive action to 'degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL.'
A video has been posted online showing the brutal killing of the taxi driver from Manchester.
The incident demonstrates that Isis has the avility to fight air attacks by the US-led coalition.
Couple guilty of fraud for making up to £80m selling plastic boxes as bomb detectors abroad
Paul Cantlie appeals for son's release after British photojournalist John was kidnapped in Syria.
Jennifer Cramblett discovered she had been impregnated with sperm from a black donor
WA Fisheries Department confirms two great white sharks caught following attack.
A mummified foetus found in Italy shows signs of undergoing embryotomy, an ancient surgical procedure
Ian Edmondson faces a custodial sentence after pleading guilty to phone hacking at the Old Bailey.
IBTimes UK speaks to the founder of healthcare platform Disruptive Women in Health Care.
Chapel in Vietnam wins the World Building of the Year award at the World Architecture Festival.
Labour leader condemns Conservative's proposals to pull out of European Courts of Humans Rights
Christophe Morat was sentenced at Bouches-du-Rhône court for giving his girlfriend HIV.
Top Gear team leave Argentina as BBC insists Falkands reference on plate is a coincidence