WORLD

Electoral tampering by Zanu PF paints even bleaker outlook for troubled Zimbabe.

Japanese cabinet homage to fallen from war against China and World War II stokes fresh tensions.

Delaware's Orb Lab scientists makes unusual catch during monitoring exercise of tagged sharks.

Zoo promises families chance to see exotic wild animals but fobs them off with dogs, rats and foxes.

Interim government confirms over 500 dead but Muslim Brotherhood says several thousand pro-Morsi protesters killed.

Clear up workers moved in to the burned- out remains of the Rabaa al-Adawiya protest encampment in Cairo on Thursday (August 15) after a security operation on Wednesday (August 14) against supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi.

Bolivian public records show Flores' birthday makes him oldest person to have ever lived, says Guinness World Records.

Egypt's interim vice president, Mohamed ElBaradei, resigned on Wednesday (August 14) after the security forces used force to crush protest camps of supporters of the deposed Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, but fellow liberals did not follow suit.

Injuries reported in two villages as demonstrators gather to push home reform demands.

I cannot bear responsibility for one drop of blood, reformist says after hundreds die and state of emergency announced.

Officials say 95 people have died but Muslim Brotherhood puts figure at 2,000.

Italian missionary killed in ar-Raqqah prison by Islamic State of Iraq and Levante group, says SOHR.

Michael Carl Nobles from Texas committed suicide in the maternity ward of the hospital where his baby was born.

Second media worker death in one day as clashes also claim life of Muslim Brotherhood leader's daughter Asmaa el-Beltagy.

Sixteen workers with humanitarian NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres killed since 1991.

Australia PM Kevin Rudd accuses Scott of setting poor example in new sexism shame for opposition leader.

Idaho 'fursuiter' suspect accused of animal cruelty amid allegations of regular penetrative sex with pet.

David Kwiatkowski is expected to plead guilty to deliberately tampering with hospital syringes.

Two dead after A300 plane from Louisville, Kentucky crashes next to Birmingham airport

Sectarian violence flares after troops 'slaughter' of Brotherhood supporters and death of Gulf News journalist Habiba Abdel Aziz.

Fake operative recruited women and put them through rigorous training to become secret agents.

Report shows extreme levels of violence towards women and children in Papua New Guinea.

US couple describe how man used baby monitor to verbally abuse daughter while she slept.

Muslim Brotherhood says hundreds killed as troops open fire on demonstrators in Rabaa al-Adawiya and Nasr City.

Swat teams stormed Tensas State Bank in St. Joseph on US Mississippi river and killed hostage taker.

Kissing Day invitation on Facebook evokes mixed response from thousands of young Egyptians.

Brotherhood claims troops have entered its protest camp in Rabaa and massacred dozens.

Sarah Beth Hopkins from Essex county allegedly abused the minor for eight months, while being trusted by his family as a good friend.

Torpedoes and missile warheads believed to be aboard Russian-made INS Sindhurakshak.