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Well-known and award-winning French journalist Gilles Jacquier has been killed in Homs, Syria, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told the International Business Times UK.

A French journalist has been killed in Homs, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told the International Business Times UK.

Though Israel has many qualified female experts on the subjects, they are not allowed to speak at the gathering at the Puah Institute.

Amnesty International says Guantanamo a symbol of torture and hits out at Barack Obama for breaking promise to close it.

Israeli Knesset member Anastassia Michaeli threw water over her Arab colleague, Raleb Majadele, following a row.

Top Arab League officials are due to hold a meeting in Cairo to discuss the situation in Syria amid reports that crackdown on opposition protesters is continuing.

Prince Edward and Princess Sophie received jewellery sets from the Bahraini monarch when they visited Bahrain in December 2011.

In the aftermath of the ongoing nuclear threat from Israel and the confrontation with West over Hormuz Strait oil route blockage dispute, Ahmadinejad regime has plans to clamp down internet connectivity across the country.

Chinese artist and dissident encouraged by authorities' decision to review charges against him

Anonymous hacker collective releases internal document that gives exclusive insight into three 2012 hacking campaigns designed to 'punish' the world's 'wicked'.

Global companies urged to emphasise human rights in face of growing child exploitation figures.

Syrian activists have accused the government of manipulating and deceiving Arab League monitors.

Burma's opposition leader upbeat about democracy thaw as Foreign Secretary William Hague begins historic visit.

Heavy-handed tactics against democracy protesters criticised in poster campaign in Egypt.

Sahar Gul was tortured and locked up in a basement for resisting an attempt to force her into prostitution by her in-laws.

Turkey agrees to pay compensation over botched airstrike but refuses to apologise for it.

At least 10 feared dead after mass protests clash with security forces in Damascus, Homs, Hama and Deraa.

The International Business Times UK story of 2011 revealed how the nude Egyptian blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy fused the Arab Spring and the rise of the protester to a singular effect.

US State Department 'concerned' by surprise raids on human rights offices.

Erdogan accused of being as bad as Syrian president Assad after 35 civilians die in Uludere.

Syrian opposition members are urging the Arab League for the exclusion of General Mustafa al-Dabi as head of the delegation currently in the country to ensure President Assad's pledges to end the crackdown.

Arab League observers just yards from fatal shooting outside mosque as Syria death toll rises another 13.

Kazakh opposition urges former prime minister to step down as adviser to Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Victims' identities disputed after air raid near Turkey's border with Iraq.

“When I walk to school in the morning I used to get a tummy ache because I was so scared … that they were going to stand and start yelling and spitting,” the AP has quoted Naama Margolese as saying.

Protesters against Syrian president freed as reports surface of deaths in Hama city.

Afghan police officers have rescued a teenage girl who was beaten and locked up in a toilet for more than five months.

Arab monitors anger anti-Assad protesters by saying 'not overly concerned' by Homs violence.

Cristina Kirchner, third South American head of state with cancer, to undergo throat surgery.

Virginity tests in Egyptian military prisons banned after complaints by jailed activist Samira Ibrahim.