POLITICS

The Fire Festival celebrations held by prisoners were used to protest the regime.

Chancellor's sin tax started to dissolve under scrutiny from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Tory London Mayoral candidate asked to step down from role at Richmond AID after backing ESA cuts.

But Syrian government and regional powers refuse to recognise the declaration.

EXCLUSIVE: Anti-EU peer will instead concentrate on the London Assembly and Mayoral elections.

Greek prime minister from 2009 to 2011 says UK should stay in European Union ahead of Brexit vote.

President's appointment of Lula as chief of staff was meant to protect him from prosecution.

Narendra Modi's BJP government pushes through Aadhaar Bill 2016 in parliament.

This was neither a good nor bad budget - but that is one of the most distorted and unproductive taxes.

A Trump win is more dangerous for the economy than a Brexit, analysts found.

The Prime Minister's comments come as 27 EU heads of state are meeting in Brussels.

That will 'never be tolerated under the policies of this office,' says Sheriff Earl Butler.

Pakistan's parliament adopts resolution to declare public holidays for festivals of religious minorities.

The Democratic presidential candidate plays herself on the show.

Judge fighting corruption releases taps of phone conversation between Rousseff and Lula.

The bill now heads to the office of Georgia's Republican Governor Nathan Deal.

Joe Scarborough's comment directed at Clinton to 'smile' led to the hashtag #SmileForJoe.

Pyongyang's special statement was jointly issued by 'the government, political parties, and organisations'.

American officials blame embarrassing shut out to administrative blunder.

Party frontrunner warns that 'bad things would happen' if he was blocked for a mere 100 delegates.

Donald Trump's vocabulary is on the same level as a seventh grade student.

'No man can tell a woman what she can and cannot do during her pregnancy,' said Giorgia Meloni.

Obama will dine with the Queen at Windsor before joining David Cameron for a joint press conference.

He said 'the next generation' four times in his final Budget flourish to subtly suggest it is them he'll be in charge of.

IBTimes UK takes you through the new levy on soft drinks and explains why Jamie Oliver is ecstatic.

There were question marks over the relative silence of Vladimir Putin when Chechen leader vowed to quit.

Videos that appeared online apparently showing politicians were quickly taken down.

Osborne has failed to reign in national debt but has caused profound heartache to our most vulnerable citizens.

Anonymous Brazil launches Olympic protest campaign dubbed #OpOlympicHacking.