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Opposition secretary general urges women to deny their husbands sex unless they register to vote in general election.

Man also tried to rip off scrotum in grounds of local school while on hallucinogenic drugs.

Labor pendulum swings back to former PM as lawmakers vote 57 to 45 in favour of making Rudd party leader.

Disclosures about US intelligence agencies give terrorist outfits new knowledge, say officials.

Bill banning abortion after 20 weeks is 'dead' after missing midnight deadline.

WikiLeaks warns whistleblower Snowden could end up in Russia for life if US continues to 'bully' intermediary countries.

European Union ministers agreed on Tuesday (June 25) in Luxembourg to start negotiations on membership with Serbia as a reward for improving relations with its former province Kosovo.

Leader of Myanmar's anti-Muslim 969 campaign accused of fuelling sectarian violence.

Social networking site censors pages of Ukranian-based feminist group for nudity.

Pirate ship's weapons found by underwater archaeologists off North Carolina coast.

Surveillance whistleblower 'still at Moscow airport' according to Russian president.

NBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin suggests Greenwald should be arrested for helping Snowden flee Hong Kong.

IBTimes UK's Dominic Gover gives eyewitness account of Catholic pilgrims coming together to beat high waters.

Activist fails to clarify New York University scandal

Sergei Lavrov lambasts Washington for accusations over Snowden affair and says whistleblower never even crossed Russia's border.

Drone with camera attached was apparently controlled by Sao Paulo news station Folha TV.

Police footage shows scuffle but throws doubt on early claims that Meric died in prolonged attack.

Taiwanese legislators resorted to hair-pulling and water-splashing during a parliamentary session in Taipei on Tuesday (June 25).

Rallies called in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and Sao Paulo while two women killed during demonstration in Goias.

Imran Firasat's film follows controversial Innocence of Muslims and The Innocent Prophet.

Seconds before the accident the woman realised what was coming, but it was too late for her to react.

Over a dozen blasts and gunfire rock high-security area in Afghan capital.

Snowden believed to have left Moscow through Sheremetyevo airport but his whereabouts remain unclear.

Taliban gunmen attacked Afghanistan's presidential palace and surrounding buildings, including the CIA's Afghan headquarters, early on Tuesday (June 25), with explosions and gunfire shaking the city centre.

Jihawg Ammunition uses ballistic paint infused with pork 'to make it unclean for jihadists'.

White House angered by Hong Kong government claims that Edward Snowden extradition request was incomplete.

Waiz, 18, attacked with acid in her family home after refusing marriage proposal.

World Health Organisation says death toll from coronavirus has risen to 39.

News of brutality by officers in Antalya emerges as PM Erdogan praises 'heroic' action by police during protests.