United Nation's Nikolay Mladenov says Shi'ite town of Amerli is besieged by Isis
Central Java Police are investigating a threat by Isis to bomb the Borobudur Temple Unesco World Heritage Site.
Up to 170 passengers still missing while travelers suspected to include Somalis and Eritreans.
An unidentified illness has claimed the lives of 13 people in the northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Chinese chef Peng Fan died after the severed head of a spitting cobra bit him 20 minutes after being cut off.
Upbeat US data, rising output from Libya and demand for crude oil revisions weighed on prices.
Cop Dan Page also rants about Muslims, Supreme Court 'sodomites' and 'that illegal alien who claims to be our president'
Fire spread to 80 square miles, and cost $8 million to bring under control.
First of 220 Russian aid lorries leave Ukraine after EU and US demand its immediate withdrawal.
Patricia Yurena, who won Miss Spain beauty contest in 2008 and 2013, has revealed she is in a lesbian relationship, by posting a picture of herself and her girlfriend Vanesa Cortes on Instagram.
Fans dislike erotic artist Milo Manara's cover of new Spider-Woman comic.
Pentagon says mid-air encounter took place in international airspace off Hainan Island.
IBTimes UK examines modern-day slavery and the how the sex trafficking industry exploits women.
Russian ground and air forces assemble near the border with Ukraine.
Eight of the nineteen people were beheaded for non-violent offences including sorcery and drug smuggling.
Pontiff telephones Diane and John Foley to offer comfort after Isis filmed execution of American.Vatican head reaches out to Diane and John Foley in wake of execution
Up to April more than 191,000 people have been killed in conflict, UN human rights chief says.
An hour-by-hour account of a night under the Israeli bombardment in Gaza City.
Wife of the legendary Beatles star says his killer would them in dangerous and also himself too, if freed
Direct hit on a car in the Kibbutz of Nahal Oz kills Israel child.
Power outages crippling Egypt's economy.
Gunman killed one man during Friday prayer in St Gallen
State government has closed 400 bars and will shut down 10% of liquor shops each year.
World Health Organization explains why the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is spreading quickly
Government adviser Konstantin Batozsky tells us why fighting has been so focused on Ukraine's industrial heartland.
Weekly prayers targeted by suicide bomber and gunmen in Diyala province
The ice bucket challenge is the latest example of "slacktivism" – online activism that requires minimal effort
Irish intelligence officers closely watching 30 jihadi fighters travelling to Iraq and Syria
Increased food safety inspections come as political ties between Moscow and West reach low point.
Victim pelted with fatal amount of fruit during bust-up at farm at Tzaneen.