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Republican Guard brigade leader who fled regime because his message was not getting through may be the man to unite opposition.

Jihadist terror group storms factory and police station in Nigerian city of Maiduguri.

Tensions between Iran and Israel continue to escalate following series of accusations from both camps.

Al-Qaida militants shoot down Iraqi army helicopter and kill soldiers in attempt to regain territory

Fearing job loss, the 30-year old accountant who works in Dubai marries his fiancé in Egypt over Skype.

Women who give birth after age 30 are at 44 percent lower risk of developing endometrial cancer when compared to younger mothers.

US president takes election year risk by raising issue of gun control in wake of Aurora cinema slaughter.

Anonymous backs protesters who say two fatal shootings are latest examples of police brutality.

Public appearances by North Korea leader and Ri Sol-ju may suggest more open leadership for notoriously secretive country.

Further exodus expected following departure of more than 150 observers.

Exhibition at Saatchi Gallery shows strange and beautiful images captured by accident by Google Street View.

Activists who want end to law that lets rapists marry their victims accuse Bassima Hakkaoui of provocation.

Ambassadors to Cyprus and the UAE abandon Assad's regime and flee to Qatar.

Notebook of chilling drawings of massacre addressed to University of Colorado professor sat in campus mailroom for a week before the Aurora cinema attack.

Security forces loyal to the Mali coup leader Amadou Sanogo are responsible for a series of human rights violations ranging from torture to forced disappearances.

Hundreds of people gathered in New Delhi to support three hunger strikers in an attempt to step up pressure against the government for the passing of a strong anti-corruption law.

State television confirms mystery woman pictured alongside leader in several photographs is his wife.

Olympic athlete Voula Papachristou withdrawn from London 2012 for racist joke on African immigrants and the West Nile virus.

Frequent hunger striker Guillermo Farinas among those taken by policy at funeral of Cuban pro-democracy activist Oswaldo Paya.

Republican candidate who picketed anti-war protests in 60s avoided military service to spread Mormonism in France.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov slams US for 'sinister position of endorsing terrorism' in Syria.

The Syrian regime has five chemical agents plants and several dozen additional storage sites some of which are in hardened bunkers.

Scientists believe that the extreme ice melts could have occurred due to an unusually strong ridge of warm air or a heat dome over Greenland.

Three remaining gates on Turkey-Syria border blocked in attempt to stop commercial traffic.

Researchers also find that 5% of all malignant melanoma cases are attributable to tanning facilities.

Unaccompanied Liam Corcoran gets through five security checks to board international flight to Italy, prompting high-level inquiry.

Researchers claim more investigation is needed to determine full extent of link

Syrian forces' fighter jets seen flying over the region while scores of troops have been storming Aleppo.

Fighting in Central Asia's poorest country of Tajikistan leave 20 dead.