Further exodus expected following departure of more than 150 observers.
Exhibition at Saatchi Gallery shows strange and beautiful images captured by accident by Google Street View.
Activists who want end to law that lets rapists marry their victims accuse Bassima Hakkaoui of provocation.
Ambassadors to Cyprus and the UAE abandon Assad's regime and flee to Qatar.
Notebook of chilling drawings of massacre addressed to University of Colorado professor sat in campus mailroom for a week before the Aurora cinema attack.
Security forces loyal to the Mali coup leader Amadou Sanogo are responsible for a series of human rights violations ranging from torture to forced disappearances.
Hundreds of people gathered in New Delhi to support three hunger strikers in an attempt to step up pressure against the government for the passing of a strong anti-corruption law.
State television confirms mystery woman pictured alongside leader in several photographs is his wife.
Olympic athlete Voula Papachristou withdrawn from London 2012 for racist joke on African immigrants and the West Nile virus.
Frequent hunger striker Guillermo Farinas among those taken by policy at funeral of Cuban pro-democracy activist Oswaldo Paya.
Republican candidate who picketed anti-war protests in 60s avoided military service to spread Mormonism in France.
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov slams US for 'sinister position of endorsing terrorism' in Syria.
The Syrian regime has five chemical agents plants and several dozen additional storage sites some of which are in hardened bunkers.
Scientists believe that the extreme ice melts could have occurred due to an unusually strong ridge of warm air or a heat dome over Greenland.
Three remaining gates on Turkey-Syria border blocked in attempt to stop commercial traffic.
Researchers also find that 5% of all malignant melanoma cases are attributable to tanning facilities.
Unaccompanied Liam Corcoran gets through five security checks to board international flight to Italy, prompting high-level inquiry.
Researchers claim more investigation is needed to determine full extent of link
Syrian forces' fighter jets seen flying over the region while scores of troops have been storming Aleppo.
Fighting in Central Asia's poorest country of Tajikistan leave 20 dead.
Controversial execution of convicted murderer who has an IQ of only 70 delayed in dispute about lethal injection.
A wedding guest was saved from drowning after the car he was driving plunged into a river when torrential rain caused a bridge to collapse.
Three men arrested over separate incidents linked to Batman screening slaughter in Aurora.
Syrian National Council pulls back from claims it would support authority that would include figures from Bashar al-Assad regime.
Ohio State University researchers find way to reverse symptoms of depression caused by dim light by just returning to normal light and dark cycle.
Ride joined Nasa in 1978 and made history by taking part in 1983 Challenger mission.
Amelia Earhart completed her Atlantic crossing in 1932, but vanished five years later.
Syria, which has the fourth largest stockpile of chemical weapons in the world, says it will use them only in cases of external aggression.
Israel fears Assad's arsenal of chemical weapons could fall into the hands of Islamist militants if regime falls.
PM tries to win back support by offering government roles to opposition MPs in national service row for Orthodox Jews.