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Security around Vatican has been tightened amid fears of Isis terrorist attack on head of Roman Catholic Church.

White House: 'US presidents do not meet heads of state close to their elections.'

Amnesty International says it is uncertain if Saudi authorities will disregard the medical advice.

Journalist and activist Barrett Brown sentenced to more than five years in prison over Stratfor hacking.

Yemeni president steps down minutes after prime minister Bahah resigns

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says global catastrophe is imminent unless urgent action is taken.

As a Jew raised in the Muslim world, I believe there is far more that unites faiths than divides them.

Ukrainian POWs were paraded at the scene of a bus attack that killed at least eight in Donetsk.

Journalist and activist Barrett Brown denounces "unjust" US government in sentencing speech.

Intelligence chief forced to deny report that he opposed new sanctions on Iran

Christina Annesley died on same island as fellow Brits Hannah Witheridge and David Miller

Guadalupe spent seven years in jail after being charged with murder after suffering miscarriage

Electricity tariffs to increase by 7.5% as government seeks to reduce debts by removing subsidies.

Islam is enshrined in Iran's constitution - yet still Muslims are hounded.

Protesters demand French embassy be closed and ambassadors leave country

Said and Chérif Kouachi were given night burials in unmarked graves in Reims and Gennevilliers.

Protests in Bridgeton over shooting dead of Reid by police officers

A dozen French troops-turned-jihadists fighting in the Middle East, according to French defence ministry sources.

Terror group warns France about implications of hostility towards Islam

US Secretary of State John Kerry accused pro-Russian separatists on Wednesday (January 21) of attempting a "blatant land grab" during fresh fighting in eastern Ukraine.

A city bus was hit by an artillery shell in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, killing up to 13 people.

Senate pass vote agreeing climate change is real but not that it's caused by humans.

Rights groups say 40 people killed in protests this week ahead of vote on change to electoral law.

Two suspects believed to have gone to Syria to join group which later pledged allegiance to Isis

Reporter ventured to Raqqa on mission to free security contractor Haruna Yukawa.

Senators declare climate change is real, but only half believe humans are responsible.

Study conducted in US and Netherlands links political extremism with belief in conspiracy theories.

Drunken neighbours yell 'F***ing Jews' assault Israeli tourists in Puelo Lake hostel

The Turkish army rescued three young tourists from a mountainside in Antalya on Monday (January 19), who had been missing for eight nights.