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The prime minister of Yemen, Mohammed Basindwa has stepped down following escalating violence which has left more than 140 people dead, according to the state agency.

100,000 Syrian and Kurdish refugees are fleeing to Turkey to escape Isis advance, reports AP.

Critics claim adverts, one of which shows murdered James Foley, encourage Islamophobia

Man electrocuted after pouring ice-cold water on a group of university students

A decision by a Belgian court to allow a mentally ill murderer and rapist to be helped to die branded as unethical and possibly illegal.

Oil tycoon was sentenced to a decade in jail for fraud after funding Putin's opposition parties.

#PeoplesClimate trending on Twitter as over 10,000 people are expected to take part in The People's Climate March in London.

Deal gives presidency to Ghani and PM-equivalent post to Abdullah.

Intruder who leaped over a security fence and walked inside the White House was carrying a knife.

Chinese warship and destroyer from Gulf of Aden are now in Bandar Abbas for drill.

Barbara Henning, wife of British aid worker held hostage by Islamist militants, urges group to free 'peaceful and selfless man'.

Barring disruption in a burial by health care workers, Sierra Leone lockdown incident-free.

Naked pictures of the reality TV star have been leaked online.

US Air Force says fighter jets launched 'to let Russian aircraft know we see them'

Slickly produced film contains horrifying footage of mass execution.

Surge in SNP membership comes as its leader Alex Salmond vows to step down.

Supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr burn American flags in protest against 'American occupation'

US Senate moves to pass legislation offering a $10m bounty for information leading to the capture of American journalists murderers.

Moderators investigated man's posts during armed police stand-off and 'helped lead to a peaceful resolution'.

Message from suspected militants intercepted discussing attack on Vatican.

Isis demanded release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui from US prison as a condition for sparing life of James Foley.

A petition calling for a second referendum is garnering support from 'Yes' voters.

Air strikes by French Rafale fighter bombers destroyed an Isis logistics depot in Iraq on Friday

Aleksey Yuryevich's photo wall contains pictures of burning vehicles, corpses, and nationalist icons.

Museum president Laurent Le Bon said: 'It's a great disappointment. It's an empty museum'

Turkish intelligence officials say no prisoner swap was also involved in freeing 49 hostages, without revealing details of the operation.

Will Radcliff, the entrepreneur who built a multi-million dollar empire from frozen flavoured drink Slush Puppie, has died at the age of 74.

Oil futures under pressure as supplies rise amid dismal global economic data and weak demand.

Footage of backpacker David Miller could be last images before he and Hannah Witheridge were murdered.