SOCIETY

Occupy protesters camping outside St Paul's Cathedral may stay for good, say the anti-capitalists pitched there.

Hajj is on its way in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where three million Muslims have gathered for the all-important pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam.

A study conducted at the Oxford University have revealed the important new radiocarbon dates for two milk teeth and a jawbone, which sheds light on the arrival of the first modern humans in Europe.

In a major crackdown, the Metropolitan police seized cocaine worth more than £2.5 million during a raid in Tooting, South London, Wednesday.

The City of London has temporarily abandoned legal action against the Occupy London protest following St Paul’s decision to pull back from the brink of a legal battle.

Fashion icon Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, has been spotted wearing a stylish red pillarbox coat to keep out the cold on her humanitarian trip to Copenhagen with her husband Prince William.

A Polish gang which trafficked more than 200 people to the UK as part of a multi-million pound benefit fraud has been busted following a joint investigation by the Metropolitan Police, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Polish police.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have arrived at the Unicef Global Supply Centre Wednesday afternoon as part of their first joint humanitarian mission.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has lost his High Court bid to block extradition to Sweden where he will face sex crime allegations.

One of Britain’s richest couples were arrested in a nightclub in Florida for performing a sexual act on a third party and for the possession of cocaine.

The Greek cabinet has expressed its "total support" for prime minister George Papandreou's decision to take a referendum on the EU and IMF-instigated Greek bail-out deal.

The offices of the French satirical magazine that announced Prophet Muhammad would be the 'editor' of its latest issue has been destroyed by a petrol bomb.

A teenage girl was allegedly raped by a man dressed in black and wearing a mask made famous by the Hollywood horror film franchise "Scream" in Londonderry.

a bride was drugged and held captive by her own family after she called her engagement off with her cousin and married another man, a court heard yesterday.

A large pair of white silk bloomers, that once belonged to Britain's Queen Victoria, were sold at an Edinburgh auction for £9,375 ($14,950) - three times the underwear's original estimate.

The notorious Iranian Basij militia have showed unlikely support for the occupy Wall Street movement, and have launched a website to "fill in the gap left by Western media."

Young Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil, currently in to his third month of hunger strike to protest against the Egyptian justice system, has had his retrial postponed yet again.

The City of London has joined St Paul’s in suspending its legal procedures against the Occupy London protest outside the cathedral.

Halloween in New Orleans came to a bloody end when gunfire broke out in four separate shootings across the city, leaving at least 2 people dead and 15 injured.

According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2011 published Tuesday, women hold less than 20 per cent of all national decision-making positions across the world.

Vincent Tabak, who was convicted of the murder of Joanna Yeates on October 28, kept pictures of child pornography on his laptop, police have revealed.

Man's ancestors mated with Neanderthals and other related hominids during evolution, according to new research.

Each year, Muslims around the world flock to Mecca to perform the Haj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam. Click through the slideshow to see images of pilgrims on their journey to Saudi Arabia this year.

Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, has been crowned the best dressed Brit by high-end fashion magazine, Harper’s Bazaar.

A former U.S. racist skinhead has undergone 16 months of painful laser surgery to get rid of the hate tattoos that covered his entire face.

The likelihood of a long drawn out legal battle between the Occupy London Protest and the City of London Corporation looked increasingly likely, after the lawyer representing the protesters confirmed legal action would be taken.

The Only Way is Essex haunt, The Sugar Hut has come under fire again after a 10-man brawl outside the club ended in a footballer being paralysed from the waist down.

As the world marks All Soul's and All Saint's Day, the IBTimes takes a look at a festival celebrating the deceased that is very much alive in Mexico and other parts of South America.

Royal Navy Warrant Officer Class 1 Rob Fuller has become the first sailor from the Senior Service to be a Yeoman Warder of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress The Tower of London.