Government to draft series of measures to clarify when a pregnant woman's life is at risk.
Housing plan that caused rift with US in 2010 revived in wake of controversial eviction decision.
Members of cult Christian group Almighty God among those arrested for fear-mongering over 21 December.
Doomsday rumours make Chinese man, 36, go on stabbing spree.
Taliban threaten polio drive in Pakistan, accusing it of being Western attempt to spy on them.
The popular social network is banned in Iran - but supreme leader "likes" it.
Poll finds Hamas popular enough to make electoral gains.
Six-year olds Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto buried in Newtown while pro-gun lawmakers start to rethink.
Threat occurred two days after slaughter of 20 children and six adults at Connecticut elementary school.
S6 sub sunk by German navy in 1941 found at off Swedish coast of Öland.
French actor's nationality switch has put true meaning of the European project at top of the menu, argues Martin Cole.
Mud-slinging between two defenders of the moral high ground does nobody any good - least of all Bradley Manning and Malala Yousafzai, writes Oliver Balaam.
Critics urge governor Rick Snyder to veto legislation that allows concealed weapons into hitherto banned places.
Lanza apparently published suicide plan on social networking site 4Chan two days before Connecticut massacre.
Facebook and Twitter capture heartrending moments of president comforting relatives of 26 victims of Adam Lanza in Newtown, Connecticut.
The unisex moniker is unlikely to appear on many birth certificates for at least several years, it has been claimed.
Hundreds gather for funeral of nurse found dead after taking a royal prank phone call.
Syrian vice-president Farouq al-Sharaa dramatically admits that neither side in 21-month conflict can win civil war.
Mayan calendar is believed to predict the end of the world on 21 December, 2012. So how real is Doomsday?
German development minister Dirk Niebel says debt relief delayed till democracy gets back on track.
Tired of turkey? Give your Christmas lunch an exotic twist this year with some IBTimes UK inspiration.
Iran angry over deployment of Patriot missiles on Turkey-Syria border.
Nancy Lanza's sister-in-law says mother of gunman who carried out America's worst school massacre was preparing for disaster.
Hundreds of people gathered at central Syntagma Square in Athens to protest against the wave of racism in Greece
After Japan's LDP party won the Japanese elections by a landslide, the next Prime Minister if the country Shinzo Abe has vowed to take a hard line with China over current territorial disputes.
Abe, considered a hawk on China, says he will 'stop challenge'.
Girls aged between nine and 13 killed while collecting firewood.
US President Barack Obama visited the grieving relatives of the 26 people killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School last Friday, saying that more must be done to prevent such tragedies happening in the future.
Obama says America must 'change' to protect its children but refuses to address gun control debate.
Deflation, rising currency and perceived threats to national security have driven disillusioned voters to the conservative LDP.