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England's emphatic win at Lord's leaves Australia on their knees and the Ashes all but won

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta meets his UK counterpart David Cameron in London as EU referendum looms

Brilliance, surprise, intrigue and controversy; the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge had everything, and why should we be surprised?

Coup leaders apologizing for the consequences of their actions is not something that happens very often. In Bamako, the capital of Mali however, a rare example of it took place on 26 June 2013 when Captain Amadou Aya Sanogo did just that in front of an audience which included Interim President Dioncounda Traoré, recently reconciled factions of the Mali Army, religious and tribal leaders and the media.

Graham Charlton of Econsultancy charts changing landscape of online commerce - and gives us his survival tips.

Every year, usually in late autumn, The Economist publishes its "The World in____" for the following year. The issue for 2012 has an article by Oliver August on the effects of the North African uprisings of 2011 spreading south and in particular, foresees trouble brewing for the Sahel states because of the fall of Muammar Gaddafi:

Iran's 50 million voters face important questions over its international isolation and a economy in freefall

On 26 January 2013, French forces liberated the city of Gao in Mali after it had endured a 10-month-long occupation by Islamic extremists calling themselves the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and its close ally, Ansar Dine. MUJAO was established as recently as mid-2011 as a Black African offshoot of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) because its fighters thought the parent organisation "too Algeria" focused. In Mali, where the population for the most part pract...

After Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel and Mohammad Reza Aref withdraw, IBTimes UK reviews looks at challengers for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad job.

When it comes to the two Koreas even table tennis is a political battleground, says Graeme Mackay.

On 25 April 2013 the French Ministry of Labour posted the latest unemployment figures for March - an increase of 36,900 and the 23rd consecutive monthly increase - which showed that 3.224 million were signed up and looking for work. The Ministry admitted that this figure broke the previous record set in 1997 of 3.195 million and whilst not releasing an unemployment rate, reiterated that this had stood at 10.2 per cent at the beginning of the year and that they are confidant that the rate would ...

Matches at Twickenham and the Millennium Stadium dictated Warren Gatland's selection for the Lions tour to Australia

I was leaving Singapore which had been "home" for the previous 10 months and had asked the teller at the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank on Collyer Quay for the balance of my account in the form of a sterling draft. A little surprised, I was told that a manager would see me shortly and I was duly ushered into a rather plush interview room wondering what could possibly be amiss. My account was worth £360 in sterling which, using the retail price index, equates to £2,400 in 2013, so hardly a fortu...

Leon Smith continues to produce miracles as Britain's Davis Cup captain

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Guardian, Le Monde and Washington Post access data dump on financial machinations of mega-rich.

On 22 March 2013, two days after Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivered his 2013 Budget Address to the House of Commons, Fitch Ratings agency placed the UK's "AAA" Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) on Rating Watch Negative (RWN). The agency stated that it was more than likely that by the end of April 2013, by which time the agency will have made a full review of the UK's sovereign ratings, it is more than likely that the UK will be downgraded.

China new President Xi Jinping is to visit Tanzania, Congo and South Africa on his first official trip overseas.

President eyes outsiders after M5S leader Beppe Grillo favours top job while Berlusconi and Bersani disagree.

Obama will not raise issue of illegal settlements in the West Bank on his visit

Both sides have much riding on the encounter at the Millennium Stadium

Cardinals gathered in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel have not yet agreed on a successor to Pope Benedict XVI

Strongest contenders in cardinal's conclave to succeed Pope Benedict XVI as leader of Catholic Church.

Italy's Five Stars Movement 'revolution' off to shaky start in display of political naivete, argues Umberto Bacchi.

Australia face India in the second Test at Hyderabad. What do the Aussies need to learn from England to win in India?

Democratic party, People of Freedom and Five Star Movement try to find way out of deadlock.

With Oxford University's Student Union set to vote today on whether to boycott Israel, Nadin Rayya examines the potential impact.

President Giorgio Napolitano forced to find political solution despite lack of a majority in the Senate.

Zombies, psycho dwarfs and democratic dictatorships: the crazy cocktail that could clinch Sunday's election.

Jailed Palestinian has become symbol of questionable and illegal practices by Israeli government, says Nadin Rayya.