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Former chief prosecutor Col Morris Davis launches initiative to shut down US military prison on Cuba as hunger strike continues.

Questions over Sarkozy's right-hand man who sold two paintings by Andries van Eertvelt for €500,000.

Giorgos Kaminis assaulted by reportedly armed neo-Nazi Golden Dawn lawmaker Giorgos Germenis.

Director Tyler the Creator says commercial depicting black people as criminals taken out of context.

Greece's anti-immigrant Golden Dawn party scuffled with police who stopped them distributing food exclusively to Greeks in Athens' central square on Thursday (May 2) ahead of the Greek Orthodox Easter holiday on May 5.

Christian tour operator Bae allegedly photographed starving children and dissenter executions in pariah state.

Paedophile killer Steve Smith executed by lethal injection

Kenya’s former PM Raila Odinga said Simone talked Gbagbo out of deal that could have avoided 2010 post-election massacre.

South Africa considering re-erection of border fences to stop incursions into Kruger National Park from Limpopo.

Two-minute clip show the animals in an all-out brawl with one chimpanzee brandishing a stick.

Boston police arrest three more suspects as Tsarnaev brothers' bombing investigation widens.

Demonstrators take to the streets in Athens, Istanbul Seoul, Paris and other capitals.

Violence flares up between Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya after crowd attacks mosque.

An Italian traveller reveals the shocking reality of Dubai's jails in an exclusive interview with IBTimes UK.

Foxtel advert using act of bestiality to promote Australian TV channel causes outrage in Sydney.

IBTimes UK documents reveal Benetton had prolonged links with Rana Plaza manufacturers

Story of 76-year-old man believed to have been killed in action but found living in Vietnam 44 years later exposed as hoax.

At Caracas' National Assembly lawmakers traded blows after a disputed vote won by Hugo Chavez's heir Nicolas Maduro.

Greek union workers protested in Athens on Wednesday (May 1) as thousands marked May Day with a strike against harsh austerity required by the country's foreign lenders.

President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday (April 30) to make a new push to close the Guantanamo detention centre, where about 100 inmates are on hunger strike, saying it was damaging to U.S. interests to keep holding prisoners there in legal limbo.

'Unclaimed' film by Michael Jorgenson says 76-year-old man living in Vietnam is former US Green Beret believed dead.

Case in Madhya Pradesh state is latest to hit country as protests grow against attacks on women and children.

Knox uses book publicity appearance to reiterate innocence of flatmate's murder in Perugia.

US president revisits earlier closure promise and says he does not want detainees to die on hunger strike.

Queen welcomes UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Windsor while 94 activists go on trial in Abu Dhabi.

Father arrested after he allowed his nine-year-old son drive his Ferrari.

First deadly attack since Israel and Hamas agreed ceasefire in November.

Although drill codenamed Foal Eagle ends, forces remain on high alert.

Queen Beatrix signs act of abdication to make way for eldest son Willem-Alexander to become first Dutch king in 123 years.