POLITICS

Conservative council leader David Hodge denies the Labour leader's PMQs claims.

White House press secretary has been ridiculed by Melissa McCarthy and may have fallen out of favour with Donald Trump.

The money paid to Penelope Fillon was given in addition to €830,000 she was paid as an aid.

One Democrat left her husband of 20 years after discovering that he had voted for Trump.

A Bangladeshi fisherman was killed after a Myanmar patrol boat thought it was under attack.

The 4-day exercise code named Aman-17 is set to begin on 10 February.

MPs and Senators will elect new president amid a security and corruption crisis and looming famine.

Nicolae Ceaușescu was ousted in 1989 but was never replaced by truly democratic leaders.

Former Nigel Farage media aide Michael Heaver speaks to IBTimes UK about his new site.

Warren condemned Sessions' nomination for attorney general while reading a letter from Martin Luther King's widow.

Geneticist Vavilov ended up starving to death in a Soviet gulag in 1943.

In an opinion piece Gaviria noted that Duterte was using excessive force to deal with a social issue.

Michael Flynn advised president he needed an economist, not a counter-intelligence specialist.

Neither the US government nor Yemen has publicly acknowledged the suspension.

Victor Cha said the Kim Jong-un regime was likely to carry out a missile or nuclear test early in the Trump administration.

Beijing said to be keen reclaiming the Scarborough Shoal in the disputed waters.

Cruz called for more market freedom and Sanders decried America's lack of a universal system.

The Philippine president calls the erring policemen 'rotten to the core'.

The former president and first lady have returned to Washington DC after their holiday.

The talks follow the success of four years of negotiations with Colombia's largest rebel group, the Farc.

This may be the next phase of President Trump's 'extreme vetting' agenda.

Judges in San Francisco are grilling both sides and are expected to make a decision shortly.

Federal body was created after infamous 2000 Florida recount between George W Bush and Al Gore.

Britons Mia Ayliffe-Chung and Tom Jackson died in attack with no known links to terrorism.

The US president made the comments during a White House meeting on crime.

Nick Clegg claims MPs may be forced to choose between 'bad deal or no deal at all'.

US president's assistant Sebastian Gorka described the situation with the press as 'unhealthy'.

No Democrats voted for the appointment of the much-criticised DeVos.

The trip will be 'a renewed expression of the close relationship between Britain and China'.