Murderer Gleason who boasted 'Only way to stop me is to kill me' gets electric chair in Virginia. His last words were "kiss my ass"
Kamaran Haider and Thana Al Bassam tell IBTimes UK of Saddam Hussein's systematic mass murder of Kurds.
Number of French troops increased to 1,400 as African forces start arriving in Mali.
Nearly 30 foreign hostages and 11 al-Qaida militants killed in Algerian army operation while scores escape.
David Cameron protests that Algiers gave no notice of military operation to free In Amenas captives.
Row over disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku archipelago in East China Sea flares up again.
Bashar al-Assad forces attack farming hamlet of Haswiyeh and target Sunni Muslims.
Reports suggest Notre Dame star Manti Te'o's girlfriend Lenny Kekua never actually existed.
Terrorist leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar reportedly killed in raid by Algerian troops on In Amenas plant.
Shoreline covered with thousands of menhaden fish appear but scientists believe mass deaths a natural event.
Veteran gangster aka Grandpa Khasan gunned down outside Povarskaya Street restaurant.
Sandy Hook school massacre prompts US president to sign 23 executive orders and demand congressional action on gun control.
Dublin grandfather accuses music and games chain of robbing customers over dishonoured vouchers.
Ansar Dine, MUJAO and Al-Qaida in Maghreb recruiting hundreds of children.
Washington state police may prosecute drunken woman who suffocated boyfriend during blazing row.
Documentary follows British plastic surgeon helping women recover from acid attacks.
Abduction of foreign workers in Algeria 'just the beginning' of Al-Qaida retaliation on France.
Nasa satellite photograph shows scale of air pollution over country at never-before-seen levels.
Ofcom fined Playboy for its 'potentially harmful' hard-core pornographic images and videos.
BP oil plant in Algeria targeted by Islamist militants against background of Mali offensive.
Bharat Singh's rape and murder of three-year-old girl is first case heard by court in wake of bus gang attack.
Islamist militants pledge to kill Paris' secret agent Denis Alex - even though French intelligence claimed he was already dead.
France starts ground offensive to hit al-Qaida-linked rebels with Ecowas-backed African troops ready to join attack.
Twin explosion in Syria's Aleppo University kills 83 people and injures 160 others
France will send 2,500 troops to Mali to fight rebels - but only as temporary measure, says president.
Robert Neal charged with intent to kill after gang talk mix-up led to alleged attack on deaf man in Burlington street.
Andreas and Heidrun Anschlag on trial in Stuttgart on charges of spying for Russia for 20 years.
Jesse Perrotta and Jonason Pauley's painstaking recreation of Pixar’s animated classic attracts three million hits.
Teenager Samir Awad gunned down by IDF at West Point Separation Barrier.
Supreme leader's religious decree that condemns atomic arms as 'a sin' confirmed on eve of IAEA talks.