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Italian town's mayor warns residents that full-up local cemetery means they have to keep on living.

An Israeli army weekly is under fire after featuring soldier in high-heeled boots and wearing gas masks.

After rebels take fighting to Damascus, Russia announces it is ready to support UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's plan to end Syrian crisis

An18-year old Egyptian girl allegedly hurdled off a balcony to avoid a forced marriage.

Investigation shows priests engaged in barbaric practice in the 1950s as 'gay cure'.

The Queen has been presented with a gift of a new Diamond Jubilee Window, which was a gift from the members of both Houses of Parliament to mark Queen Elizabeth's 60-year reign.

A look at some of the opinions regarding Prince William’s six-week duty to the Falkland Islands as the 30th anniversary of the war approaches.

Tens of thousands of mourners turned out at St Mark's Cathedral in Cairo to see the funeral of the Coptic Pope Shenouda III who died on Saturday aged 88.

Communist official's son's crash of £80,000 Ferrari leads to online ban of carmaker name amid cries of corruption conspiracy.

At least 16 explosions killed dozens and injured more than 200 people across Iraq ahead of next week's Arab League summit in the capital Baghdad.

One of biggest manhunts in French history gets under way after four killed in school shooting.

The horrific attack on a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse has happened amid a tense political climate in the country

Russia supplied bulk of Syria's arms imports in the past five years including missile systems and combat aircraft, while the international community is calling for an arms embargo against the Bashar al-Assad regime.

A survey found that some women apply make-up and men shave at the wheel.

He is expected to dwell on Russia's challenges and opportunities in the internet.

Chinese entrepreneur, An Yanshi, chose the poo of pandas to make organic green tea as it has high nutritional value.

The festival of Las Fallas, in the city of Valencia in Spain, is the kind of event that brings the entire community together... it is a loud, smoky and high-spirited fiesta where the whole town is, literally, set ablaze!

Human ancestors switched from four legs to two because they could carry as much food as possible in one go.

Children who have synthetic marijuana will land up in ICU, according to a new report.

The funeral of Pope Shenouda III to be held at St Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo.

Special services were held in synagogues in Paris and Toulouse to mourn the victims of the attack.

The inquiry is focusing on two main aspects, the Islamic motive and the far right based on the targets of the killer.

Sostis, a 60-year-old former sailor is the only human inhabitant of the volcanic islet of Palaia Kameni located in the caldera of Santorini.

Slovak Batman inspires police to employ copycat superhero to protect streets of Brazilian city

Lord Owen's call to hold out for publication of risk register rejected by peers.

A look at the best tweets from @GSElevator, an account which tweets conversations overheard between Goldman Sachs employees.

In a letter to Arab newspaper Falastin, he suggested a secret group of Arabs and Jews could thrash out their issues.

Nearly 500 animals killed for ivory tusks

Five rhinoceros horn cups which had the highest ever estimate on the Antiques Roadshow could fetch $1m at auction house Sotheby’s.