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Jihadists shot dead Sunnis who were allied with the government in Iraq's Anbar province.

Infamous fictional horror stories and characters that were actually inspired by true events.

Monsoon rains trigger mudslide hitting tea plantation workers' houses in Haldummulla .

Alfred Gusenbauer is also an advisor to the government of Serbia

Israeli PM issues strong response to US official's 'chickens**t' comments in anonymous interview.

Gandhi's Joburg home of Satyagraha House has been rated a top tourist destination in 2014

Beijing intends to boost scientific and research exploration in South Pole by setting up airfield.

Bangladesh's Islamist militants reportedly planned to kill PM Sheikh Hasina and carry out a coup.

Shocking footage shows "assassination" of man who worked with Rosa Parks.

Africa Israel Investments said it will no longer build in occupied Palestinian territories in major BDS win.

New study says people who take selfies are more extrovert and do not fear negative comments.

Divers have recovered important artefacts from an ancient shipwreck off the Aeolian Island of Panarea near Italy.

An on-going and powerful cyberattack by Russian hackers against the White House computer systems continues.

New study shows that at least 12,000 disease outbreaks occurred in 219 countries between 1980 and 2013.

Motiur Rahman Nizami, 71-year-old leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, found guilty of genocide, murder, and rape charges.

Investigators launch probe after dead body found at Kensington Church Walk

Chiefs of armed forces and security agencies meet at Vice President Guy Scott's house to discuss power transfer.

The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has recently ordered the execution of officials for charges of graft and watching South Korean soap.

About 150 Kurdish Peshmerga forces are en route to the Syrian-Turkish border town of Kobani to battle IS militants.

Senior Obama official calls Israeli PM 'chickenshit' and only interested in protecting himself from political defeat.

Audit reveals thousands of law-enforcement requests to secretly monitor the mail of American citizens.

A police officer with a foot fetish was arrested and charged on accusations that he asked sexual favours from a woman he pulled over.

Cummins lost his middle finger after his right hand was crushed in a roller used to create the ceramic poppies.

First International Association of Exorcists conference in Rome this week warns of a rise in Satanism.

Archaeologists and local volunteers have been excavating a Roman settlement in Papcastle since 2012.

Kurds flying from Erbil airport in Kurdistan to Turkey to travel overland to besieged Syrian-Kurdish city.

Incredible story of Rehana the scourge of Islamic State is a nightmare for journalists too.

Authorities try to soothe clown panic after series of pranks and fake sightings.

Creator of much-loved children's game asking for funds as he cannot afford own oral surgery.