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Australian police watchdog calls in reports on death of Tasered Brazilian student Roberto Laudisio.

Teenager who died trying to protect friends is unlikely to have seen the weapon that killed him, the Old Bailey heard.

An18-year old Egyptian girl allegedly hurdled off a balcony to avoid a forced marriage.

Investigation shows priests engaged in barbaric practice in the 1950s as 'gay cure'.

The Queen has been presented with a gift of a new Diamond Jubilee Window, which was a gift from the members of both Houses of Parliament to mark Queen Elizabeth's 60-year reign.

A look at some of the opinions regarding Prince William’s six-week duty to the Falkland Islands as the 30th anniversary of the war approaches.

Tens of thousands of mourners turned out at St Mark's Cathedral in Cairo to see the funeral of the Coptic Pope Shenouda III who died on Saturday aged 88.

Communist official's son's crash of £80,000 Ferrari leads to online ban of carmaker name amid cries of corruption conspiracy.

Russia supplied bulk of Syria's arms imports in the past five years including missile systems and combat aircraft, while the international community is calling for an arms embargo against the Bashar al-Assad regime.

A survey found that some women apply make-up and men shave at the wheel.

Kent maths teacher who made Nazi jibes at neighbours Reinhard and Kathryn Wendt treated leniently after plaintiffs' plea.

The move is meant to increase transparency in all work related to the state.

Leeds crown court jury shown mobile phone footage of teenager being abused.

He is expected to dwell on Russia's challenges and opportunities in the internet.

Christopher Varian's parents on way to other son's wedding when told of decapitation of golf club manager.

Chinese entrepreneur, An Yanshi, chose the poo of pandas to make organic green tea as it has high nutritional value.

The festival of Las Fallas, in the city of Valencia in Spain, is the kind of event that brings the entire community together... it is a loud, smoky and high-spirited fiesta where the whole town is, literally, set ablaze!

Human ancestors switched from four legs to two because they could carry as much food as possible in one go.

The Queen to unveil stained glass window commemorating 60 years on the throne.

Children who have synthetic marijuana will land up in ICU, according to a new report.

Human heads outside slaughterhouse near Acalpulco set as trap to lure police to their deaths.

The funeral of Pope Shenouda III to be held at St Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo.

Special services were held in synagogues in Paris and Toulouse to mourn the victims of the attack.

The inquiry is focusing on two main aspects, the Islamic motive and the far right based on the targets of the killer.

Sostis, a 60-year-old former sailor is the only human inhabitant of the volcanic islet of Palaia Kameni located in the caldera of Santorini.

Slovak Batman inspires police to employ copycat superhero to protect streets of Brazilian city

As student Liam Stacey admits to using Twitter for racial abuse, IBTimes UK asks if the social network site is just the platform of hate.

A look at the best tweets from @GSElevator, an account which tweets conversations overheard between Goldman Sachs employees.

In a letter to Arab newspaper Falastin, he suggested a secret group of Arabs and Jews could thrash out their issues.