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Noise produced by Münster University guinea pigs angers residents.

Al-Qaida linked rebels fighting Assad execute two Shiite men in Aleppo.

IDF says picture of Kuala Lumpur shopping mall removed after 'innocent mistake' realised.

Gugulethu Mokalapa taken off life support and declared brain dead a week after circumcision.

Human rights activist Larry Poltavtsev tells IBTimes UK why the Sochi Olympics will be a hammer blow for Russia's LGBT community.

Sunni Islamist group claims responsibility for attack while Lebanon blames Israel.

Fawzi al-Khaibari was executed on Thursday for torturing and killing his wife.

Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi promise massive show of strength as Egyptian security personnel given power to open fire in self-defence.

Good samaritan in Cairo gunned down trying to carry injured protester to safety.

Explosion raises spectrum of fresh sectarian war in Lebanon

Olympic road in Yaroslavl area has huge craters and large cracks covering the surface.

Filmmaker invited to spend time with 1D fanatics to understand their obsession.

Political assassinations in South Africa escalate as chorus against ANC corruption grows, says Heinrich Matthee.

Julian Assange website says soldier’s apology over confidential documents leak was forced.

Scientists in South America discover western hemisphere's first new species of carnivore in 35 years.

US president takes first concrete steps against Egyptian regime as Morsi protest death toll soars past 500.

With reports of execution of kidnapped priest still unconfirmed, IBTimes looks at the shadowy group who snatched him.

Seventh shark attack in Hawaii this year.

Wave of car bombs hit Iraqi capital, injuring more than 100.

Muslim Brotherhood's spokesman Gehad El-Haddad admits violence caused 'very strong blow' to anti-coup alliance

Cath Everett explores Soweto, the goldmines and the sometimes lively sometimes bland suburbs of South Africa's biggest city.

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.