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Descendant of great oceanographer plans to spend 31 days in Aquarius undersea laboratory.

Police at Heathrow arrest 19-year-old man on suspicion of terror offences.

Stockport wife Roya Nobakht, who posted message on Facebook, has been jailed at notorious Evin prison.

The princess daughters of King Abdullah claim they are being punished for criticising absence of women's rights in kingdom.

Missouri attorney-general proposes solution to shortage of lethal injection drugs for death penalty - ordering state to make chemicals itself.

Orthodox Russian priest went straight to church after five months on the high seas alone in a boat.

Political turmoil in the Ukraine and in Libya support crude oil prices.

Ban Ki-moon's spokesperson slams gender-based violence in India and Pakistan.

College student Tyler Lawrence had a testicle removed, but - shockingly - his hazing ritual does not even make the worst 10.

Former NSA contractor speaks out in unaired excerpts of NBC interview.

Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband also press Sudanese government on Christian woman.

A skeleton found on an archaeological dig in Scotland could be the remains of Olaf Guthfrithsson, a 10th-century Irish Viking king.

A graffiti walking tour of the Newtown district of Johannesburg.

Ukraine's prime minister said payment was made at rate of $268 per 1,0000 cubic metres

Marine Le Pen's councillors in Toulon say French general-turned-terrorist deserves better treatment than civil rights icon

Two sisters were gang-raped and hung from a tree in Uttar Pradesh in India.

Elections to be held in 12 months, if peace and reform are achieved says coup leader General Chan-ocha

Islamic insurgency reportedly kill the Emir of Gwoza while the Emir of Uba's whereabouts are unknown.

Phnom Penh Municipal Court hands suspended sentence to 23 people arrested during violent repression of January strikes.

Ratings agency unconvinced new president has mandate or political will for radical public finance reform

NSA released emails that it claims gave no evidence Snowden made complaints internally before leaking data to public.

Border police prevent Palestinian man wearing explosive vest at junction in northern West Bank.

Prominent Saudi cleric says 'devil would be present when women talk to men' and urges females to avoid it.

Separatist leaders admit their ragtag army has many foreigners, including some from Chechnya.

FTSE 250-listed Vedanta chairman caught in video boasting of higher-than-reported profits at Zambian subsidiary

General Prayuth Chan-ocha, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army, dissolved Thailand's last functioning democratically elected body,

Experts split on whether US trade mission to Cuba signals end of 54-year embargo

Number of people making the brave crossing from North Africa to Italy has increased sharply.

Australia still confident plane wreckage could be lying in Indian Ocean.