The international humanitarian watchdog, Human Rights Watch, has called on the Arab League to suspend Syria in the face of ongoing 'crimes against humanity'.
Israel's Supreme Court has ruled against an appeal by the ex-President combatting a seven-year jail term for rape and sexual harassment.
A mobile phone is now at the centre of a new scandal for ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn after "embarrassing" texts from him were recovered in a mobile phone thought to belong to Fabrice Pazskowski, a businessman under investigation in a prostitution ring.
Italy's upper chamber, the Senate, will debate and vote Friday on austerity measures demanded by the EU to avoid a eurozone breakdown, while a new emergency government could take over Silvio Berlusconi's administration within days.
Zimbabwean dictator, President Robert Mugabe has moved from politics to show business after reinventing himself as a popstar.
While the embers of the horrific M5 fireball are still burning in people's memory, the police claim to have found ample leads which may help them crack the mystery on what really happened on that fatefu
Former South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, has hinted that that Africa's right to self-determination is still threatened by a "new imperialism", illustrated by the Nato Libyan operation.
Rick Perry's debate meltdown last night went down as one of the all-time political blunders. The IBTimes countdown the top seven.
In an unprecedented move of self-censorship, the European Union has blocked the release of a documentary on Afghan women jailed for so-called 'moral crimes.'
Tiny fish could be a key weapon in the world’s fight against nicotine addiction.
Lucas Papademos, a respected economist and former European Central Bank vice-president has been named as Greece's new Prime Minister, after days of tense negotiations.
Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, will be flown out to the Falkland Islands in the New Year for six weeks in bid to complete his development as a pilot.
The global anti-capitalist movement is said to be planning an hour-long stand-off at 11.11am on Friday Nov. 11, 2011, Remembrance Day.
ANC Youth Leader Julius Malema has been found guilty of bringing South Africa's ruling party into disrepute.
A video has appeared showing sheriff's officers brutally beating what appears to be a group of peaceful Occupy protesters on the University of California campus in Berkeley Wednesday night.
With the cat-out-of-the-bag that Apple's deceased co-founder Steve Jobs has been posthumously nominated for Time magazine's 2011 Person of the Year, the IBTimes takes you through the key reasons why the tech-guru doesn't deserve to win.
A professional surfer from Hawaii has successfully ridden the largest wave of all time.
Seven women were assaulted in a military prison under the pretext of "virginity tests", but eight months after the incident the military has failed to investigate or prosecute the men accused of the sexual assault, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Arab leaders are believed to be seeking a safe haven for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, allowing him to live to escape justice for his regime's repression of democracy protesters that has killed 3,500 .
In another overheard exchange with US President Barack Obama at the G20 summit two weeks ago, Franch President Nicholas Sarkozy allegedly described Greek minister George Papandreou as 'crazy' and 'depressed', according to French newspaper Le Parisien. The conversation hit the headlines when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "liar"
Protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement have embarked on a march to Washington DC to protest the potential extension of the Bush-era tax-cuts.
The International Energy Agency has warned that if fossil fuel infrastructure is not radically and rapidly re-thought, the world will 'lose for ever' the chance to avoid devastating climate change.
Italy's business lobby, the equivalent of Britain's CBI, has urged quick government action and warned that the country risks being unable to meet its financial needs.
Cavers have linked over 60 miles (about 102 km) of caverns and natural tunnels under the high ground close to Kirkby Lonsdale in Cumbria. The caves are expanded through Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire, knowing as Three Counties System, reported the BBC
At least seven people are dead and dozens are still trapped in collapsed buildings following a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that struck eastern Turkey, less than three weeks after a previous 7.2 magnitude quake killed 600 people in the same area.
An Indian court has found 31 Hindus guilty of killing dozens of Muslims by setting fire to a building in Gujarat state in 2002, in one of India's worst outbreak of sectarian violence in recent years.
Reports of an Israeli plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities has ratcheted up tension across the Middle East. The International Business Times analyses what would be the ramifications.
Around 10,000 students were in London today for the latest wave of demonstrations against the government's higher education policy.
A leaked exchanged between Nicolas Sarkozy and US president Barack Obama, in which French president allegedly called Israeli Prime Minister "a liar" provoked a mediastorm. But does Benyamin Netanyahu have a reputaion for duplicity?
As the final twilight of George Papandreou’s premiership dims for good, The IBTimes reveals in an exclusive interview with a source close to the former prime minister, what life was like for the Pasok leader.
