Georgina Dixon-Lane is the victim of a rare allergy condition which leaves her at the risk getting seizure and throat swelling that could stop her breathing, if she comes in to contact with banana.
Thousands of Russians were protesting on Saturday against the alleged vote-rigging during the State Duma elections on Dec. 4. The protest is widely seen as a test of Putin's patience to allow peaceful demonstrations in the country.
The protests are viewed internationally as a test of Putin's patience to bear with peaceful demonstrations and people's right to register dissent about government policies.
The problem is not with the religions themselves but with some of their followers who make intolerant interpretations of their faiths, Tawakul Karman has said.
In what was described as a "boys' club", female recruits were rated by their sexist colleagues not on the basis of their performance but on their bra size, a tribunal has heard.
Surveillance companies are able to hack into BlackBerry mobile phones by sending out a fake software update, the smartphone can then be monitored without the owner's knowledge.
A Norway-based Islamist has called on jihadists to target the United States in attacks similar to those which took place on 9/11.
The incident has exposed the lack of safety measures that are supposed to be in place in establishments that handle large numbers of people.
Joseph Kabila Kabange has been re-elected President of the Democratic Republic of Congo with 48 per cent of votes, according to the electoral commission. The main opposition candidate, Etienne Tshisekedi, achieved 32 per cent of votes.
The family of a former FBI agent, who vanished in Iran in 2007, has released a video of him in captivity.
The Muslim Brotherhood has called for a review of Egypt's peace treaty with Israel.
Sheikh Youssef al Qaradawi, the outspoken and influential Muslim cleric, has called for a UN-backed intervention in Syria if the Arab League's initiative fails to secure peace.
The Japanese whaling authority has launched legal proceedings against an anti-whaling group in an attempt to thwart its interference in the annual whale hunt.
Two members of the Spain's People Party's government allegedly helped the king's son-in-law Inaki Urdangarin in his fraud activities according to an on-going investigation which is threatening the royal family's popularity.
At least 73 people have been killed and many more injured in a fire that broke out in a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta (Kolkata).
At least five UN members of a UN peace delegation and a Lebanese civilian have been injured in a bomb blast in southern Lebanon.
Iran state TV has broadcast a video of an alleged U.S. drone that crashed earlier this week and was seized by authorities in the Islamic Republic.
The new government in Libya has said it will allow British police to begin fresh investigations into the Lockerbie bombing and the murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher.
For the second time this week, Congo's authorities have postponed announcing the results of the country's presidential election amid rising tension in the central African state.
Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab has taken its war against the Somali government and Kenyan troops to the next level by setting up a Twitter account.
“In the three years that Luke has had his phone, he has only gone over his allowance once, and then only by about £10. He’s never done anything like this before and has been a really responsible kid,” she added.
The EU runs the risk of shooting itself in the foot if it imposes sanctions on oil from Iran, since it is reliant on crude from Tehran to help power struggling economies.
Ramin Mehmanparast, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, criticised the government of Bahrain over its latest crackdown on protesters.
A prominent Zionist rabbi is facing trial in Jerusalem's Magistrate's Court on charges of forcible sexual assault.
The Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat was named journalist of the year at the 2011 Press Freedom Prize awards ceremony in Paris.
With Anonymous AnonOps site being born exactly one year ago, the International Business Times UK takes you through three of the collective’s best moments to date.
A U.S. citizen has been sentenced to two and a half years in a Thai prison after translating a banned biography of the country's King online.
The government of the Maldives has temporarily banned the depositing of more rubbish onto an artificial island used for dumping garbage over fears that it is overflowing.
A nation's happiness is determined by its overall prosperity.
Khurram Masih, who stays in Majeed Park, Shahdara Town, Lahore, faces charges under Section 295-B of the Pakistan Penal Code for allegedly burning pages of the Koran.
