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CIA interrogation of terrorism suspects involved sexual threats and waterboarding - US Senate report

A US Senate report due to be released on Tuesday will claim that interrogation techniques used by the CIA went beyond what was authorised.

France accused of 'totalitarian secularism' after nativity scene removal

A row has broken out in France after a court ruled that a nativity scene must be removed from a council building in La Roche-Sur-Yon.

Eric Garner death: 'I can't breathe' say protesters

Anger mounts as campaign against police violence gathers pace.

End of the line for Hong Kong protests? Court orders sites cleared

Pro-democracy campaigners are facing defeat as authorities move against them.

Rescue workers struggle in aftermath of Typhoon Hagupit

The storm has devastated the central Philippines.

Cameron to fly to Turkey to discuss IS foreign fighter problem

Prime Minister David Cameron will travel to Turkey on Tuesday to meet President Tayyip Erdogan to discuss how to stop Britons crossing into Syria and Iraq to join up with Islamic State (IS) fighters via the Turkish border, his spokesman said.

Amazon Indians say they are being sent death threats over their opposition to illegal logging

Indian tribe members who challenge illegal logging along the Peru-Brazil border are at risk of being killed, tribal leaders have warned.

Live Nativity scene breaks Guinness record

More than 1,000 people dressed as shepherds, wise men, and angels gathered at Rock Canyon Park in Provo, Utah last Monday evening. Their goal? To set a new world record by creating the largest living nativity scene.

Syrian refugees going hungry after UN runs out of money for food aid

Syrian refugees who fled fighting and the Islamic State have another battle on their hands after United Nations funds for their food aid dried up.

Al Qaeda leader in Yemen 'strongly' rejects Islamic State beheadings; suggests they are not kind

An al Qaeda leader in Yemen has suggested in a new online video that the beheading and filming of prisoners is un-Islamic because it does not meet Muslim standards of kindness.

Pastor James 'Tripp' Battle murder suspect confesses; 4-year-old son was at home when Andres 'Andy' Avalos's wife was killed

The main suspect in a killing spree in Florida that left his wife, a church pastor and neighbour dead has reportedly confessed.

Chinese baby survives being buried alive after parents thought premature baby was stillborn