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Harshaka Fernando's family does not believe the official version of events

Maritime murders? Justice for the 2,000 sailors who go missing each year

Some jump ship for a new life in a foreign land, while hundreds more are believed to commit suicide – but a small proportion are killed during suspected inter-crew disputes

Pope Francis to issue climate change call to arms for world’s Catholics in measures that will anger Vatican conservatives

There are plenty of Bishops who remain sceptical about the impacts of global warming

Iraqi soldiers trained by the US were routed by IS’s smaller force

War with Isis: Despite billions spent on weapons, the US has not been able to counter the militants' gruesome tactics

The West needs more than a 'White Knight' if it wants to succeed
The London-based MNG Maritime’s armoury vessel MNG Resolution

Floating arsenals designed to protect shipping from pirates deemed unsafe

Report warns that vessels full of weapons for hire are 'a danger to regional stability'
Bedouin people overlook Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which have multiplied over 40 years

Diplomats water down proposals on ending Israel's West Bank occupation in attempt to avoid US veto at UN

The amended Palestinian plan has wide European support

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates reminds us of the good news of 2014

The founder posted 5 positive new stories on his blog

As Russia unveils nuclear subs with underwater drones and robots, the stealth race heats up: governments pour cash into secret armies

World’s military giants are no longer spending money on spectacular armies, but invisible ones

File: The HMS Tireless at the North Pole in 2004

Denmark claims North Pole – but will have to fight it out with Canada and Russia

Shrinking polar ice means the Arctic countries are preparing bids to exploit the area’s natural resources

Delegates receive copies of the deal agreed at the UN climate change talks in Lima on Sunday

UN climate change deal in Peru attacked by environmental activists as 'weak' and 'ineffectual'

Nations sign up to publishing national plans for curbing carbon dioxide emissions

Foul practices: Witches depicted by Adrianus Hubertus c1650

CIA torture report: It didn't work then, it doesn't work now

World View: Its use is always wrong and, despite CIA justifications post 9/11, the information obtained from it is invariably tainted
Many treatable illnesses are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs.

'Millions will die' without new antibiotics

Ten million people around the world will die unnecessarily every year by 2050 unless new antibiotics are created to tackle drug-resistant infections, a study concludes today.

The CIA has hit back at a damning report, which is claims is 'cherry-picked'

CIA 'torture report': China, Iran and North Korea take aim at US over shocking revelations

The nations suggested the US is guilty of hypocrisy

The British Humanist Association caused a stir with their bus poster campaign in 2009

How the right to deny the existence of God is under threat globally

New report also criticises Scotland's religious representatives on education boards

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai attends a press conference on Tuesday at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo ahead of the ceremony to present her with the award

Malala calls on David Cameron to do better on human rights and climate change

Campaigner will accept Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

The countries which, according to Open Society, participated in the CIA programme

CIA 'torture' report: The 54 countries that will be worried by controversial revelations

World prepares for moment America comes clean on its ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ – with which much of the world is complicit

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Jibran Nasir: The quiet lawyer and activist who is taking on Pakistan's Taliban

The quiet lawyer and activist who is taking on Pakistan's Taliban

Jibran Nasir has received death threats and warnings to stop 'harassing' the imam of the Red Mosque - but now he has had enough
The Lego Movie named highest-grossing film of 2014 at the UK box office

UK box office smash

The Lego Movie named highest-grossing film of 2014
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Review of the Sporting Year 2014: Part II

Review of the Sporting Year: Part II

Our sports writers reveal what stood out for them in 2014
Steve Bunce: Bernard Hopkins is a freak among boxing’s old fogeys, but even he is vulnerable

Steve Bunce on Boxing

Bernard Hopkins is a freak among the fight game's old fogeys, but even he is vulnerable
Revealed: How Margaret Thatcher nearly rearmed the UK with deadly chemical weapons

Margaret Thatcher secret papers

PM nearly rearmed Britain with chemical weapons
After the 'quenelle': Friends are turning on France's black, anti-Semitic comic

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Friends turn on France's black, anti-Semitic comedian
Coping with OCD: How Alpha-Stim is helping to beat the 'bully'

Coping with OCD

How Alpha-Stim is helping to beat the 'bully'
Empire: Are we ready for a black 'Dynasty'?

Are we ready for a black 'Dynasty'?

Lee Daniels wants his new series to emulate the 1980s soap
Kew Gardens scientists discover ingenious new 'gobstopper' fruit tree

Kew Gardens scientists discover ingenious new 'gobstopper' fruit tree

70 new species discovered this year by Kew Gardens experts
A timely reminder of the bloody anniversary we all forgot

A timely reminder of the bloody anniversary we all forgot

Who remembers that this week we enter the 150th anniversary year of the end of the American Civil War, asks Robert Fisk