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The feminist activists had staged a topless protest to defend Amina Tyler.

Six candidates remain in the battle to succeed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

On 26 January 2013, French forces liberated the city of Gao in Mali after it had endured a 10-month-long occupation by Islamic extremists calling themselves the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and its close ally, Ansar Dine. MUJAO was established as recently as mid-2011 as a Black African offshoot of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) because its fighters thought the parent organisation "too Algeria" focused. In Mali, where the population for the most part pract...

Reporter for France 24 harassed by embassy staff for undercover film on Chinese treatment of Tibetans.

Sectarian violence erupted after police refused to hand over man to angry mob.

Researchers say orthopaedic clinics are 'ideal location' for domestic violence support programmes.

Ohio man accused of locking up Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight and Amanda Berry for a decade in his basement appears in court.

Protesters slam prime minister's decision to meet mediator group not linked to demonstrations.

Leader of far-right group interviewed with kid gloves on Fox News' Kilmeade & Friends.

South African president Jacob Zuma says anti-apartheid figurehead is recovering after five days in hospital.

Bella Vista player in Argentina is sacked after act during clash with San Juan

Doctors at the University of Kansas Hospital save 20-day-old baby by using superglue to stop bleeding inside her brain

Brussels’ lawmakers are discussing allowing euthanasia for those under 18.

Hairy scrotal mascot, aka Senhor Testiculo, enlisted to educate adults and children about cancer.

Chief of Israeli spy agency reportedly held talks with Turkish counterparts over anti-government protests.

Super-centenarian celebrated birthday in April and made headlines in December, when he outlived Dina Manfredini of the US to become oldest living person

Jorge Bergoglio reportedly said homosexual power lobby is at work in Holy See

Turkey's President Abdullah Gül is ray of hope for pro-democracy activists, argues Emanuela Pergolizzi

American Julia Caples believes in the vampire lifestyle and drinks human blood from volunteers.

Medco E&P Malaka supervisor snatched by six gunmen in East Aceh on his way home from work.

Pyongyang snubs Seoul as both Koreas cancel ministerial-level dialogue in delegate dispute.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to hold talks with protest leaders but leading opposition group Taksim Solidarity Platform pulls out of dialogue.

Turkish riot police fought running battles with pockets of protesters into the early hours of Wednesday (June 12) morning, after storming a central Istanbul square.

Protesters cleared from central Istanbul for second time in a day by riot police.

Rodger Kelly allegedly had sexual intercourse with neighbour ' to warm her up', rape trial told.

Shepard arrested after husband collapses while the couple are on honeymoon.

Lower house in Moscow supports Kremlin-backed bill to crack down on religious offences.

Health authorities urge pilgrims to wear facemasks to prevent spread of Middle East virus.

Suicide car bomber strikes court workers in Afghan capital, killing at least 17 people and wounding 39.