Police say Sarah McClay, 24, has "tragically died" after she was mauled in the big cats enclosure at South Lakes Wild Animal Park. […]

The Government is accused of "burying bad news" after an audit rating the delivery of major infrastructure projects is released. […]

A community hit by a deadly tornado two years ago says the town of Moore will recover and be "bigger and better". […]

The brutal murder of a man for being gay has highlighted the dangers of being homosexual in Russia. […]

Almost 5,000 people with the illness die every year - more than the total number killed by skin, womb and testicular cancer. […]

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Amnesty International says freedom of expression is still restricted in Turkey and hundreds of journalists remain jailed for criticizing the government. […]

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says Rwanda is the key to ensuring peace and stability in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. […]

Presidential candidate Ali-Akbar Velayati says the Iranian people should play an active role in managing the country’s sports affairs. […]

Presidential candidate Saeed Jalili says he will remain faithful to the ideals of Iran's Islamic Revolution of 1979 if elected president. […]

The spokesman of the so-called Syrian National Coalition (SNC) has repeated his call for the overthrow of the legitimate government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. […]

A Palestinian man has been injured in clashes between Israeli forces and dozens of Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank. […]

Three Israeli military aircraft have penetrated Lebanese airspace and flown over several areas of the country in blatant violation of a UN Security Council resolution. […]

The Syrian ambassador to the United Nations has defended the country’s decision to target an Israeli military vehicle in the occupied Golan Heights earlier this week, saying it was a response to violations of Syria’s territorial integrity. […]

An 18-year-old boy arrested for making ‘terror threats’ through his Facebook posts about the recent bombings in the US city of Boston remains in custody pending payment of USD 1 million bail. […]

Sweden’s opposition leader has dismissed Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt’s remarks that residents of the violence-stricken Husby suburb of Stockholm are to blame for the ongoing riots. […]