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Ageing Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe is apparently still a trendy leader after the launch of his fashion label in Harare is proving to be a hit with young voters.

A report by an independent commission has revealed that one in five Dutch children who spent time at Catholic institutions have been sexually abused.

The death of Christopher Hitchens is a cause of great sadness not only to his family but to a great many people, myself included, who have enjoyed and admired his writing and, perhaps even more so, his speaking.

The founder of the independent investigative newspaper Chernovik, which has been critical of government corruption, was killed in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan Thursday.

Amge was measured 62.8 centimetres (24.7 inches) by the Guinness World Records adjudicator Rob Molloy and Dr. Manoj Pahukar of Wockhardt hospital in Nagpur.

Turkey has threatened to recall its ambassador to France and freeze ties with Paris if the French parliament passes a bill criminalising the denial of the Armenian genocide.

Violent clashes erupted early Friday between the Egyptian military and protesters staging a sit-in outside parliament in Cairo, adding to the already tense situation in the city.

The South African media have accused two international news agencies of "spying" on Nelson Mandela after cameras were found filming the former head of state and Nobel Prize winner's house.

The marriage between Shahid and Parveen has been declared void as Parveen received a text with 'talaq' (divorce) typed three times from Shahid, the Imam has said.

The location of the final stage of the Occupy London's "Occupy Everywhere" day of protest has been revealed as Piccadilly Circus.

Egyptian Blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah is set to stay in prison and will be tried by a civilian court for his involvement in the Maspero massacre, while other 27 people were released Thursday morning for the same case, according to reports.

The number of executions and death penalties in the U.S. has continued to steadily decline, reaching a record low in 2011 as public support for capital punishment appearing to languish.

December 2011 officially marks the full withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, but with a divided political landscape, an increasing insurgency attack and the Syrian crisis still threatening to spread, the country's future is still uncertain.

A group of Palestinian bloggers and activists has issued a statement in support of Syrian-American blogger Razan Ghazzawi, who was arrested on Dec. 4 by Syrian authorities and now faces up to 15 years in jail.

CCTV footage showing an American police officer tasering a 14-year-old girl in the crotch has emerged online after a lawsuit was filed against the officer.

More than 110 people have been killed after drinking tainted alcohol in West Bengal, India.

China's internet censors have blocked searches linked to an ongoing protest in the village of Wukan in Guandong province, the BBC reports.

The U.S. military flag in Baghdad was formally cased Wednesday, marking the historic end of the American campaign in Iraq nine years after the invasion.

Muammar Gaddafi's Daughter Aisha has contacted the International Criminal Court to ask whether it will probe the killing of her father and brother, her lawyer said Wednesday.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has branded US Senator John McCain “crazy” and claimed he has “blood on his hands”.

A French court has convicted former President Jacques Chirac of diverting public funds and abusing public confidence.

A church billboard which shows a shocked Virgin Mary holding a positive pregnancy test has caused controversy in New Zealand.

DigitalGlobe, the US commercial satellite operator, claimed that its polar orbiting QuickBird satellite has taken the pictures of China’s first aircraft carrier sailing through the Yellow Sea on December 8.

Iran is considering moving its uranium enrichment facilities to safer locations in response to fears of a possible strike from the West.

With Occupy London set to break-out of its St. Paul's base, turning the whole of London into its stage, the International Business Times UK examines the movement, exploring where it came from and where it's going.

Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters, waving the militant movement's flags, gathered in Gaza to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the founding of the group, which was also relayed on Twitter.

Hundreds of Congolese people took to the streets of London to on Wednesday in protest at the recent elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the apparent lack of interest from the Western world.

Time has named The Protester as Person of the Year for 2011 during NBC's TODAY show.

The schools would adopt a highly conservative curriculum and textbooks and more mullahs (Islamic theologists) would be hired as teachers.