Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, considered as pro-Russia, is challenging current president Mikhail Saakashvili in crucial parliament election.
Atrazine, used in corn crops, found to cause tissue formation in nasal passage during fetal development.
A Russian court has delayed the start of a hearing into an appeal against the conviction of three members of the Pussy Riot punk band who burst into a church and performed a protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Hugo Chavez and opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles locked in bitter poll battle.
Treasury minister said to be sounding out Lib Dem MPs to launch leadership bid for troubled party.
An article on satirical site The Onion claimed 77 percent of rural white Americans would rather vote for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad than Barack Obama.
Grim milestone reached in 11-year war after checkpoint shooting of US soldier by Afghan ally.
Two Turkish pilots who died in aircrash targeted by Assad's forces with help of Russia, says secret Syrian intelligence document.
Protesters allege a Buddhist man posted photos of a burned Koran on Facebook.
Local media reports that flyers warning of death threats have been issued in certain Christian-dominated areas.
Omar Khadr, who was born in Canada and became a militant in Afghanistan, will spend the rest of his prison sentence in Canada.
Explosions target police checkpoints and Shiite-dominated areas as Shiite-Sunni sectarian conflict turns bloodier.
Hajj Commission says it did not deport female pilgrims but the Nigerian government pulled them back.
As oil-rich Venezuela goes to the polls to elect a new president, violence remains a major worry.
Islamic clerics place bounty on filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula saying whoever kills him will get gold equal to his body weight.
Lack of water and fire extinguishers hampers efforts to control blaze in medieval market in Aleppo's Old City, a Unesco world heritage site.
March by the anti-Muslim English Defence League in Walsall, west Midlands, ends with clashes with police.
Teacher Jeremy Forrest's wife Emily also wished for dream wedding.
Teenager Megan Stammers lands at Gatwick Airport following eight-day elopement with teacher Jeremy Forrest.
A law banning homosexual "propaganda" was passed in St. Petersburg earlier this year.
Support for the Neo-Nazi party is soaring amid claims that anti-immigrant violence is deliberately ignored by police.
A tornado swept through a fairground in a Spanish town, knocking down a Ferris wheel and injuring 35 people, while the death toll from flooding in the same southern part of the country rose to nine.
Women experiencing early menopause also found to be smokers, diabetics and obese.
A spoof report in The Onion has been published as a genuine news story by Iranian news agency Fars.
Harry Potter author's new book, The Casual Vacancy, describes a Sikh female student as hairy.
Homosexuality much less commonplace than is commonly believed after found only 1.5 per cent of men identified themselves as gay.
Canadian comedians pretending to be Stephen Harper call Ban Ki-Moon and speak to him for nearly five minutes.
Efavirenz, a commonly prescribed anti-retroviral drug, found to damage brain and nerve cells.
Fox network control room fails to cut away in time and airs live suicide of car thief being pursued by police.
Stammers is in the care of child protection officers and British consular staff, while Jeremy Forrest is in police custody.
