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Iran says pictures were transmitted by Hezbollah drone before it was shot down by Israeli forces.

North Korea threatens military action if anti-dictatorship leaflets are dropped across border.

US east coast landfall imminent by storm described as potential worst to hit US.

Friends and family say Ortega struggling emotionally and financially before she murdered Lucia and Leo Krim.

Indonesian police are continuing their investigation, following the arrests of 11 suspected militants in a series of coordinated raids across the country last week.

Early results suggest Yanukovych's party has beaten opposition bloc led by jailed Yulia Tymoshenko, with Vitali Klitschko's Punch party coming in fourth.

Schools and transport services across US eastern seaboard have been suspended with 'Frankenstorm' due to make landfall.

Forecasters do not rule out the possibility of high waves.

Millions of Muslims from 189 countries stone the three adjacent pillars which are said to represent Satan.

Harakah Sunni militants planned to hit American embassy, mining company HQ and shopping mall, say police.

The USGS records two aftershocks of 5.8 and 4.8 after the powerful earthquake of 7.7 which hit the coasts of western Canada.

Blasts in Baghdad neighbourhoods leave dozens dead, including three children, on the second day of the Eid holiday.

Sandy is expected to gain further strength before making landfall anywhere between Maryland and Southern England.

Man accuses his wife of cheating by undergoing plastic surgery which made her appear beautiful.

Nearly 150 people were killed on the first day of the truce, claim activists.

Hurricane Sandy is expected to make landfall in the US east coast early next week.

Berlusconi will not serve jail sentence until the lengthy appeal process is over.

Italy's colourful, controversial - and now convicted - ex-premier has never been far from the public eye.

Human rights campaigners accuse Myanmar government of failing to prevent Rohingya massacre.

Polls show Obama ahead in Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, Virginia, Colorado and Nevada.

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi sentenced and banned from public office.

Fossil of a 3.3 million-year-old child shows humans abandoned climbing much later than previously thought.

As two Pussy Riot members are condemned to old SOviet gulag, the violent methods of Russian police spark fear of Stalin era comeback, human rights group say

The San Juan Hills Golf Club course staff believe the leopard shark was plucked from the Pacific Ocean by a sea bird and then dropped as it headed inland with its feast.

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to four years in jail by a court in Milan for tax fraud.

Nanny Yoselyn Ortega stabbed children in bath of their luxury apartment near Central Park, before attempting suicide by stabbing herself in the neck.

Forecasters say hurricane which has already claimed 21 lives could merge with northeastern arctic storm on approach to US east coast.

President Karzai urges Taliban to 'stop killing other Afghans' as dozens die in suicide attack on mosque.

Beijing blocks websites inside China over story on wealth of outgoing premier Wen Jiabao's family.