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Marcus Volke, 28, is believed to have killed and cooked his partner, former transsexual escort Mayang Prasetyo

IDF Chief of Staff says Israel can defeat Isis (Islamic State) and hints on a possible takeover of Lebanon.

Washington-based J Street lobby group says Israeli PM's comments are an ' outrageous perversion of truth'

Former Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins has provoked a flurry of protests for her tweet on Brenda Leyland: "How many more must die before the McCann's accept their negligence is at the heart of their grief?"

Five suspect cyber pirates held in connection to attack on government website.

Islamist terror group insurgency displaces over 100,000 people in country's north-eastern states.

Nurse who treated priest Manuel Garcia before he died of Ebola feared to have contracted virus.

Ahmed Fayed, 17, intervened to defend woman from sexual harassment.

There aren't enough beds in isolation units to keep up with the hundreds who get sick each week.

Islamic State chief in Anbar province, Shaker Wahib, reportedly killed in air strikes.

Isis plotting to smuggle terrorists into Western Europe disguised as Middle Eastern refugees, according to US intelligence.

Social media uproar after Scorch-o-Rama restaurant in New Zealand puts gag on receipt

Unesco says ship is from a much later period contrary to initial evidence.

Researchers are using nanoparticle reaction observed in Roman chalice to develop data storage advances.

Fire at Parchin explosives complex southeast of Tehran that has been linked to nuclear weapons production.

President's deputy to step in during trial for charges of ethnic massacres that killed 1,200 people

Container filled with donated aid from US left on Freetown dock in Sierra Leone for two months

Over two million Muslim pilgrims from all over the world gather in Mecca for the annual Hajj.

Both countries claimed the clashes were the fault of hostilities from the other side.

Top North Korea official Kim Yang-Gon counters coup rumour at Asian Games.

Swedish diplomat summoned for 'conversation' in Jerusalem with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman

Video footage shows black flag of Islamic State atop building in besieged Syrian town.

NGO shows worst types of abuse animals in tourism industry are subjected to

Parents of Indiana aid worker taken captive by Islamic State militants release son's letter.

To mark Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, Isis leader distributes sheep and money to Islamist fighters.

On the eve of the Scottish Independence Referendum the SNP had some 25,000 members. It has now surpassed 75,000 and rising. Nothing will be quite the same again.

Kurdish female fighter Arin Mirkan blew herself up in Kobani's eastern side.

Ankara hand back scores of prisoners to terror group in return for Turkish and Iraqi hostages.

Sinai Islamist militants posted gruesome video with execution of three Egyptians.