Two-thirds majority needed for the 57-member Islamic body to expel Syria.
London couple who abused their children for a decade jailed for seven years.
Tunnel rented out for mushroom growing in Rome reveals elaborate marijuana farm concealed behind false wall and €3m in drugs ready for sale.
Month-long campaign to win Aleppo exacts high toll on residents, rebels and troops in a city exhausted by hunger.
A court has sentenced to death 14 Islamist militants convicted of carrying an attack in Sinai in 2011.
As heavy fighting continues in Syria, an envoy to President Bashar al-Assad tries to build diplomatic relations with China.
Turkey's state TV omits translation of part of Imagine during broadcast of Olympics' Closing Ceremony which refers to religion
Dubai police continue search for MacColl three months into his disappearance.
Mitt Romney running mate mocked in attack ad that accuses him of ending guaranteed Medicare health insurance for pensioners.
School and sports centre wrecked as violence erupts in deprived part of northern French city.
Clashes between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims erupt in tit-for-tat arson attacks and targeted killings in western Myanmar.
WikiLeaks founder claiming asylum in Ecuador Embassy in London since June to avoid sex charge extradition to Sweden.
Protesters angry that draft constitution undermines women's status and would set back gender equality by decades.
Offices of Golden Dawn party attacked by arsonists in wake of murder of young Iraqi man.
Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad Assad has agreed to resign, Russian Deputy FM Bogdanov told Saudi paper Al-Wattan
Syria's state news agency confirms loss of jet, but claims loss was caused by technical problem rather than capture.
Thomas Caffall, who has history of mental health problems, opens fire on policeman serving eviction notice on him.
China's most wanted fugitive has been on the run for eight years.
US Air Force, Boeing and Nasa to test engine that can travel five times speed of sound.
Aleppo footage allegedly shows rebels throwing pro-Assad workers from top of building to cheering onlookers below.
Turkish troops move in to rescue Republican People's Party politician snatched by Kurd guerrillas.
Attack on Otash refugee camp results in shoot-out with peacekeeping troops.
Joint military-police force kills 20 people in shoot-out in tip-off about Boko Haram meeting
Independent Norwegian commission criticises authorities for failing to take action to stop attacks which killed 77 people.
National peace and reconciliation rally draws 60,000 people to capital Bamako.
Heads of Muslim countries invited to Mecca 'solidarity summit' to discuss persecution of Rohingya minority.
A place completely isolated to the outside world, this is the underground compound of the radical Islamic sect in Kazan, Russia that was raided last week.
Huge fires devastating landscape including Unesco-listed national park at height of tourist season.
Racist motive assumed in street murder by five men on motorbikes after earlier claims of assaults on Romanian and Moroccan men.
Etimad Khorshid claims Intelligence Minister Safwat al-Sharif Used Hidden Cameras to Record Mubarak and Others.