Israeli and Palestinian officials issued conflicting accounts on Thursday over the results of an autopsy of a Palestinian minister who died after being shoved and grabbed by the neck by an Israeli border policeman at a West Bank protest on Wednesday.
A friend of Jimmy Savile, the late British television presenter who was unmasked after his death in 2011 as one of Britain's worst sex offenders, has been jailed for 25 years for a string of underage sex crimes dating back to the 1960s and 1970s. Ray Teret was convicted earlier this month at Manchester Crown Court of seven charges of rape and 11 of sexual assault on 11 victims.
A damning report into the United States' brutal treatment of "war on terror" detainees triggered worldwide condemnation and calls for CIA agents and senior officials to face justice.
Former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks heckled a senior Australian minister, calling him a "coward" while accusing the former government of having full knowledge of his alleged torture.
Environment ministers from around the world faced mounting time pressure on Thursday to shape a blueprint for a global pact on climate change with groundbreaking carbon curbs at its core.
Thousands of people with colorful costumes and banners marched in central Lima on Wednesday to call for leaders to ensure a global shift to 100 percent clean energy by 2050.
"Shirtfront" has been named Australia's 2014 word of the year, the Australian National University announced on Wednesday on behalf of the Australian National Dictionary Center.
The world's energy market will change dramatically around 2020, when North America will shift from a major energy importer to a net exporter, according to a report released on Tuesday by Exxon Mobil Corp.
Researchers say they have a wealth of clues - but no clear answers - as to the identity of those behind a series of newly discovered cyberattacks targeting Russian and Eastern European embassies, oil companies and military officers.
Man's best friend is seen as anything but in Iran, where city workers gun down strays and conservatives view pet dogs as a corrupting Western influence.
Japan's controversial Special Secrecy Law took effect on Wednesday, with 55 categories of information touching diplomacy, defense, anti-terrorism and counterespionage being defined as state secrets, amid strong public opposition.
Australia outlined plans to tackle online piracy on Wednesday as it moves to end the country's position as one of the world's top illegal downloaders of television shows such as Game of Thrones.
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