Hanukkah ceremonies were held in Trafalgar Square in London, Washington D.C. on the Ellipse outside Whitehouse, near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Brandenberg Gate in Berlin and in Jerusalem, Israel.
Jewish Hanukkah Festival Celebrations in various part of the world including London, Budapest, Hungary, Jerusalem.
Nearly 10,000 female protesters converged on Tahrir Square holding out strongly-worded placards against the violence on protesters and also the images of the young woman who was severely assaulted.
|Government minister hinted that the Syrian intelligence holds a number of films recorded by hidden cameras in hotel and houses rented to senior Arab officials.
President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday signed a law imposing death penalty on anyone found guilty of arming "terrorists", SANA, the official SANA news agency reported.
Messages posted on the collective's Twitter feeds suggest the hacker cell of Anonymous has renewed its ongoing campaign in Egypt.
Thousands of Egyptian women occupied Tahrir Square in Cairo on Tuesday to highlight the military's use of excessive violence towards female protesters.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al Maliki has threatened to resign if the parliament does not pass a no-confidence vote against deputy minister Saleh al Mutlaq.
Reports have emerged alleging social network giant Twitter is censoring its content, closing accounts supporting anti-authoritarian causes such as Wikileaks and the Anonymous sponsored Occupy movement.
Clashes between the army and protesters continued to escalate on Tuesday, a day after Egyptian general said protesters "deserve to be thrown into Hitler's oven."
Volunteers, including academic experts and concerned citizens, are engaged in frantic attempts to save whatever is left of some 192,000 books, journals and writings.
The body of longtime North Korea dictator Kim Jong-il has been displayed in an open coffin in the capital Pyongyang.
Mourners and well-wishers have gathered to pay their respects to the late North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, whose body has been displayed in an open coffin on Tuesday.
"Buddy" tops the list of popular adoptable pet dog name and "Lucy" is the most trendy cat name.
A Mexican woman travelling on a subway train in Berlin starts laughing at something on her phone, sending the entire carriage into a giggling spree.
Nearly a third of Americans have been arrested for a crime by the age of 23, according to a new study.
More women will be staying sober at Christmas parties, according to a new study that claims they are five times more like to be the designated driver.
North Koreans vent their sorrow and grief at the passing of their 'Dear Leader' Kim Jong-il.
The Egyptian military is jeopardising its credibility and legitimacy by using brutal force to crack down on pro-reform protesters ten months after President Hosni Mubarak stepped down.
Despite widespread speculation of a fresh start for North Korea, analysts have moved to quash reports that death of Kim Jong-il will lead to denuclearisation of the rogue state.
After weeks of hesitation, Syria has finally signed the Arab League plan that will allow foreign observers into the country.
Young, old, pro regime, pro-reforms, liberals or more conservatives, women of the Arab world have broken free of the traditional patriarchy that has dominated their lives and helped shape and ferment an unprecedented revolution across the region in 2011.
How does North Korean mourning compare to mass grief at death of Kim Il-sung in 1994?
Death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il raises questions about whether South Korea's faltering economy could cope with the economic pressure of a united Korea.
Celebrations have already begun as the world prepares for the biggest festival season.
Kim Jong-un steps up as 'Great Successor' to North Korea's Kim Jong-il.
Suicide rates in Greece are now the highest in Europe, with experts attributing the rise to the county's economic crisis and increasing unemployment.
The death of North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-il has triggered a military alert in bordering South Korea, which has a long history of conflict with its secretive neighbour.
A timeline of important events in the deceased Kim Jong-il's life which shaped North Korea's political landscape.
A mysterious burial ground dated to the late 10th and early 11th centuries A.D. has been discovered in a recent archaeological excavation in Poland.
