Powerful earthquake kills five construction workers and wrecks buildings.
FBI started probe on David Petraeus after agency tracked cyber complaint of threatening emails to Paula Broadwell, his biographer.
BBC Director General George Entwistle admits Newsnight report implicating senior Tory MP Lord McAlpine was wrong.
The World Press Photo 2012 exhibition showcases prize-winning images from the 55th annual World Press Photo contest.
A Bolivian cult which keeps the skulls of close relatives at home has held its annual festival - the Day of the Skulls
Majority of dead believed to be inmates
Far-right group and We Are Norwich counter demonstrators both planning on marching through Norfolk city.
Ruling United Russia Party member Frantz Klintsevich wants to buy Adolf Hitler's house in Braunau-am-Inn.
David Attenborough tells Chris Packham he does not think mankind will face extinction 'within the next two million years'.
IBTimes asks the President of the National Secular Society and blogger on Christian affairs His Grace, 'Lord Cranmer'
Further 62 injured after derailed train catches fire near Kachin state capital.
Retailer Marks & Spencer is selling an enamel poppy broach - M&S's fastest-selling jewellery item of all time - for £15 but only £4.50 goes to charity.
Chumlong Lemtongthai handed harshest sentence ever given for a wildlife crime in the country.
Education and childcare minister says calculators will be banned Key Stage 2 tests from 2014.
According to the media in Sweden, the prime minister’s security guard committed suicide with his own gun.
Man found guilty of murder after slashing telephone executive with glass bottle at Pulse nightclub.
Former flatmate of Savile released after arrest on suspicion of rape in Altrincham, Greater Manchester.
IBTimes UK reveals convicted fraudster had HSBC Jersey account and was given £20m overdraft facility.
Tory grandee threatens legal action over web rumours naming him in alleged care homes abuse.
Catherine Wiggins also uses Twitter to defend husband after obscene gesture draws criticism.
Former Miss Venezuela contestant suspected of money laundering and criminal conspiracy in support of gang boss Daniel Barrera.
'Web rumours and innuendo by media forced me to break silence,' says Tory grandee of Thatcher's government
Scientists have long thought that severe drought conditions and less rainfall led to the decline of the Classic Mayan Civilisation.
Presenter widely condemned for handing list of alleged paedophiles to David Cameron after three minutes of research.
28-year-old woman stabbed in Stoneycroft is in a stable condition and tests are being carried out on the baby.
As Athena and Brutus batter the US in superstorm Sandy's wake, it has emerged that extreme weather caused the downfall of ancient Maya.
Ruling Muslim Brotherhood backs move while liberals criticise it.
The Right Rev Justin Welby, who became a Bishop just last year as the Bishop of Durham, has been confirmed as the next Archbishop of Canterbury.
The family of Lewis Eddleston, who was found drowned in a ditch in Doncaster on Wednesday, have said they are "very angry" at police for failing the 13-year-old.
Blasts at Neptune Technologies & Bioressources spark water and soil contamination fears.