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Sarath Fonseka, a former army chief in Sri Lanka was jailed for three years, Friday for accusing the president's brother of ordering the executions of some Tamil rebels.

Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, charged with attempting to assassinate Barack Obama by firing shots at the White House, believed President was the "anti-Christ."

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy has become an online sensation after posting naked pictures of herself on a blog to denounce the oppressive nature of the Egyptian society, and the taboo surrounding femininity and women's body. While she certainly represents a portion of Egyptian women, others on the other hand have joined the rank of the Muslim Brotherhood, even sporting the party's banners during the anti-Mubarak protests.

A captain who had jammed himself in the toilet caused a terrorist scare that very nearly led to a full scale military reaction.

Turkey is the only Islamic country to celebrate gay pride day, and now it has set a new precedent by holding its first ever Queer film festival, which opened in Ankara on Thursday.

Nabil Karoui, the head of Nessma television, told AFP he is being prosecuted for having "violating sacred values, good morals and disturbing public order" by broadcasting the film in October and as a result faces up to three years in prison.

Occupy Wall Street protesters and police have clashed on a day of bitterness and violence in America’s financial capital.

A neo-Nazi terrorist group had a list of 88 possible political targets, including two prominent members of the Bundestag and representatives of Turkish and Islamic groups.

Tensions are mounting between Syria and Turkey, upping the stakes that could force Bashar al-Assad's departure.

It costs £60 for 100 grams of the stilton or £608 per kilo and according to Long Clawson Dairy, it has some very famous fans.

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has warned that the fall of his regime would create a dangerous sectarian bloodbath. His imagery is simple: Sunni Muslims revolting against the ethnic minorities, with the Alawites set to be first on the 'hit list'.

Much speculation has been made about the possibility of the popular protests in Syria disintegrating into an Iraq-style sectarian conflict. The IBTimes presents an analysis of the various arguments on either side.

The office of the Kuwaiti Prime minister has dismissed reports of hundreds of protesters storming parliament Wednesday night, saying those demonstrating were 'drunk.'

A poignant trove of memorabilia belonging to 20th century mental asylum patients uncovered by a New York photographer.

Sasha Grey has caused a media storm in the U.S. after she was invited to read to seven to eleven year olds in an elementary school in California.

For Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, 'the nude, Egyptian blogger,' blogging represents an opportunity to stand against oppression while claiming her own freedom of expression.

The 84-year-old Occupy Seattle protester reportedly attacked and pepper sprayed by police has a released a statement attacking police's strong-arm tactics.

Hugh Grant’s new baby has been protected by a legal injunction following alleged threats from tabloid photographers.

Twenty people have died, 18 of them children, as a heavily overcrowded nursery school bus crashed into a coal truck in northwest China.

The City of London has issued a final warning to those camping outside St. Paul's Cathedral saying that proceedings will be issued to the High Court if they are not gone by 6pm today

A Chinese man set himself on fire in Tiananmen Square at the scene of the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing.

The new head of Al-Qaeda has released a video in which he describes the late Osama Bin Laden as "tender" and "kind".

Amnesty International has called on the world community to condemn "human rights violations in Azerbaijan" under the current regime.

A Malian man faces up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking cocaine in a bid to fund the activities of Al-Qaeda and FARC guerrilla fighters in Columbia, US prosecutors said.

Egyptian blogger, Aliaa Magda Elmady who published a series of naked pictures on Twitter in a protest against Islamism has sparked a heated debate on Twitter.

The U.S. Secret Service has found a bullet that hit an exterior window of the White House last week before being stopped by ballistic glass.

The case of an Egyptian blogger, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, who published a series of naked pictures on Twitter in a protest against Islamism is emblematic of the radical changes undergoing in the Arab world.

U.S. President Barack Obama announced a new security agreement with Australia that is widely viewed as a response to China's growing military power.

Syrian army defectors say they have attacked Syria's a series of military bases, including one on an intelligence facility near Damascus, a Syrian opposition group said.