Uruguay hopes that enforcing rules for production, distribution and sale of cannabis will stop drug violence.
Basque militant Ines del Rio Prada granted freedom after European Court of Human Rights rules against continued detention.
Northern Israel struck by five mild tremors in less than a week raising concerns.
ECHR's verdict could provide decisive, peaceful resolution to Europe's longest-running armed conflict, says Asier Odriozola.
Oil-rich Borneo state adopts sharia criminal code including corporal punishments for thieves and drinkers of alcohol.
Mayor of Matsumoto offers to take in children living at Fukushima site to ensure safety.
Tana Clymer finds rare gem in Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park.
Pupils who witnessed Reno shooting tell their story while dead teacher named as Michael Landsberry.
Human Rights Watch says strikes in North Waziristan claimed innocent lives.
Five Tibet activists unfurl huge protest banner down main United Nations building in Geneva.
France still fuming over NSA snooping disclosures despite Obama's phone call to Hollande while John Kerry visits Paris.
A meeting took place on Tuesday (October 22) at the French foreign ministry between French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
Two dead including gunman in shooting at school in Nevada.
Larissa court remands in custody Christos Salis and wife over kidnapping of unknown blonde girl.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator no longer realms of science fiction, watchdog warns UN.
Northern Chinese city Harbin under virtual shutdown in city-wide emergency.
Denying Basque militants right to "earn" shorter jail sentences against international law, says European Court of Human Rights
Rights groups claim pipeline from western Myanmar has caused land grabs, labour abuses, pollution and ethnic conflicts.
New South Wales authorities say at least 14 bushfires still out of control, hundreds evacuated.
Video of explosion that killed six people in Volgograd emerges online.
80 injured but no deaths in dramatic crash at same location where dozens died last year.
Police believe Meena Devi and husband Arjun Rai purposely poisoned meals with pesticide.
I Just Love Human Beings claims Manchester miserabilist
CCTV footage shows soldiers carrying full shopping bags during al-Shabaab siege that killed 67.
Blast on bus in central Russian city also wounded 20 people.
The 'Halal Sex Shop' website to sell sex products in accordance with religious rules
Book End Of Days: The Assassination Of John F Kennedy claims brain was taken to hide mental illness
Same-sex marriage uproar after South Carolina town mayor hits out at gays.
Yamamoto Corporation comes up with swimwear and underwear to beat gamma and beta radiation.
China's booming arms sales underpinned by discount model and Beijing's willingness to sell weapons to risky recipients.