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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina reported to appear in popular Netflix show.

Virgin flight VS201 forced to turn back to Hong Kong 90 minutes into its flight due to 'disturbed' passenger.

Human Rights Watch boss Kenneth Roth held for 12 hours ahead of Rabaa killings report.

My city's people have come together to clean their streets - but many revolutionaries won't leave tents.

Hand-of-God Argentine football legend loses it when reporter "winks at ex-girlfriend".

Vladimir Putin fan Seagal played his music for pro-Kremlin fighters despite government warning.

Four wounded Palestinians in Israel's Operation Protective Edge flown to Ankara.

Washington only sold arms to Iraqi government but IS march forces change of heart.

Islamic State fighter Khaled Sharrouf wrote: "that's my boy"

Half of 40,000 trapped in Sinjar mountains by Islamic State escape but US consider full evacuation.

Israel pessimistic about any long-term deal as Hamas threatens to resume fighting if talks fail.

The 10,000-odd Indian Army soldiers captured by the Japanese during World War II went through torture including cannibalism practised by the captors.

Amnesty International report states US military justice system allows war crimes to go unaccounted for.

Nouri al-Maliki amasses troops in Baghdad in show of force against Iraqi president Fuad Masoum.

With no cure in sight for Ebola till probably next year, people in the hard-hit African nations are leaving it to god.

Aspiring teachers in Sao Paulo must produce a doctor's certificate to confirm they are not sexually active.

In a landslide victory, Erdogan scores 52 per cent lead over his leading opposition rival.

Health officials across US issue warnings, after teens are injured and killed taking part in online game.

Israel is yet to respond to Egypt-brokered peace proposal.

Unconfirmed reports from Iraq say women and children among killed, and some buried alive.

Islamic militants have reportedly executed 300 families from the minority Yazidi group. But who are they and why are they being persecuted?

Former foreign secretary says that 2003 conflict destabilised Iraq and hardened public opinion against future Middle East interventions.

Israeli PM says Operation Protective Edge will come to an end only after Hamas is wiped out.

James Barney was swimming in Lake Toho, Florida, when the 500-pound reptile attacked.

Widow Ila Solomon kept her husband's decomposing body at home for nine months, claiming his last wish was to be eaten by birds.

Ashley Dale claims that the Ebola virus particles make it through the planet 'undamaged' on a meteorite.

Team traces present Ebola outbreak to a two-year-old boy who died in Guinea last December.

With US FDA easing restrictions on testing of a potential Ebola drug, there is hope that a vaccine will soon be available.

Passenger jet operated by Taban Airlines crashes near Tehran shortly after takeoff from Mehrabad airport.