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Nick Clegg told the annual Scarman Lecture in Brixton that the private sector is failing in the battle ro acheive racial equality.

Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy is said to have been arrested and detained by Egyptian police.

Six people, including three children, are feared dead after a small plane exploded after it crashed into Arizona's Superstition Mountains on Wednesday night.

Faced by months of uprising against his regime, Syrian President Bashar al Assad continues to blame much of the unrest on armed groups and Islamist movements.

Three Cameroonian men have been served with a five-year jail sentence for engaging in gay sex, by a court in Yaoundé, their lawyer reported on Wednesday.

Three American students were shown on Egyptian television after being arrested during the protests near Tahrir Square in Cairo, where demonstrators are calling for the Military Council to hand over power to a civilian government.

A landslide hit western Sicily after a heavy downpour, derailing a train and leaving three people dead.

A Russian female newsreader has caused a stir in her home country after appearing to put up her middle finger following her mention of the U.S. President's name during an afternoon news bulletin.

Protests have erupted in Bahrain to coincide with the publication of a much-anticipated report on the uprisings in the Gulf state earlier this year.

GOP frontrunner Newt Gingrich gambled on backing a ‘humane’ immigration policy during the Republican presidential debate in Washington.

After months of protests calling for his departure, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital to sign a transfer deal which would see his deputy Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi take power ahead of early elections.

Lebanon celebrated its 68th independence anniversary with a 50-minute Independence Day military parade in Beirut, but opposition leaders insisted the country's sovereignty is still incomplete.

Turkish warplanes have bombed Iraq's northern Kurdish region, wounding two civilians

The eurozone crisis has already led to the toppling of two elected governments and their replacement with EU approved technocrats with a democratic mandate somewhat below that enjoyed by Robert Mugabe. With Barack Obama up for re-election next year, could the euro crisis even lead to the toppling of the so-called leader of the free world?

Two women in their 50s were caught on CCTV stealing £400 worth of alcohol from Asda in Oldham before realising their getaway vehicle was out of petrol.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on embattled Syrian leader Bashar al Assad to resign, reminding him of the tragic ends of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.

Conservative students at Scotland's prestigious St Andrews University have apologised after members of their societies burned an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama.

Confusion over the capture of Abdullah al Senussi, Gaddafi's former head of intelligence, is still growing after the U.S. envoy to the UN said the Libyan authorities were unable to confirm whether he is in custody.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Spain's prime minister-elect, Mariano Rajoy, to make necessary changes as soon as possible to prevent another crisis on the scale of Italy or Greece, as markets reacted badly to news of his victory at the polls.

Iraqis loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr, a well-known anti-American Islamic cleric, are fighting in Syria in support of the Assad regime, according to the opposition.

Crowds in Cairo's Tahrir Square continued Wednesday to fight a pitched battle against riot police and the Egyptian army, as pro-democracy protesters rejected military rulers' timetable for elections.

An Iranian woman has posted nude pictures of herself on her blog in support of Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the Egyptian blogger who last week stirred a controversy in the Arab world for publishing photos of herself naked on Twitter.

South African MPs have approved a controversial Protection of State Information Bill despite widespread criticism, prompting protesters to call the day "Black Tuesday", the darkest day for South African democracy since the end of apartheid in 1994.

Spearmint Rhino’s UK Vice President, John Specht, has told the IBTimes that it is not rare for bankers and other senior executives to spend tens of thousands of pounds enjoying a night of excess with its lap dancers.

Greg Gribble who has over 20-years flight experience was flung out the front door of the chopper before falling back in through its side door.

Officials at the University of California have said they will pay the medical expenses of the students who were pepper spared during an Occupy Davis protest last week.

The outgoing Italian Prime Minister has stayed true to his chameleon form by releasing a new album of love songs barely a week out of office.

Judge William Adams, the man who was secretly filmed repeatedly beating his disabled daughter with a belt, has been suspended as an Aransas County, Texas, judge on full pay.

On Tuesday evening, U.S Republican presidential candidates debated issues concerning their country's foreign policy.