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Australian conservatives deliver soft budget after last year's bruising

Australia's conservative government delivered budget proposals on Tuesday (12 May) that were light on radical reform but heavy on pledges to return to surplus.

MPs went on £70,000 spending spree for iPads and iPhones before expenses deadline

Ispa say MPs went on last-minute spree to purchase items to reclaim before spending deadline

I loathe Ukip but one MP for 3.9 million votes is a national disgrace

Ukip will be most effective defeated by exposing its ideas not by sustained a flawed, unjust electoral system.

Conservative government buoyed as UK employment up to record 73.5% while wages spike

Chancellor George Osborne says Office for National Statistics figures show Tory plan is working.

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US Senate Democrats aim to derail President Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal

Voted against giving Obama fast-track authority on deal.

Kerry meets Putin and Lavrov to discuss conflicts in Syria, Ukraine and Libya

Meeting in Russian resort of Sochi made little progress.

Anti-austerity Protest Downing Street 10

New Business Secretary Sajid Javid to introduce significant changes to strike law

Unions say new balloting rules will make legal strikes 'close to impossible'.

George Osborne meets Wolfgang Schaüble in Brussels

Britain and the EU: Germans scupper David Cameron's plan for quick renegotiation of ties

Wolfgang Schaüble meets George Osborne in Brussels.

Burundi: Who is embattled President Pierre Nkurunziza?

As violence spreads in Burundi, IBTimes UK looks at the man at the centre of the building storm.

Putin fishing to pull oligarchs' cash back to Russia

Russian authorities still have a long way to go to make 'deoffshorisation' a success. Here's how they can start.

Bangladesh Charlie Hebdo: Al-Qaeda linked group brags about killing after blogger hacked to death

Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent claims murder of Ananta Bijoy Das.

Burundi: Civilians will take up arms if African leaders fail to act, says former rebel leader

EXCLUSIVE: Former Hutu militia leader Agathon Rwasa tells IBTimes UK action needed by 13 May.

David Cameron holds first all-Tory cabinet meeting since election triumph [Video]

Prime Minister says they are the party of 'working people' in video of cabinet meeting.

Chuka Umunna guns for Labour leadership: Is Britain ready for a black prime minister? [Poll]

British social attitudes survey suggests voters have some way to go on accepting other races.

George Osborne: Britain will be constructive but firm with EU

Osborne was speaking on arrival at meeting of European finance ministers.

William Keegan: Labour not to blame for past economy woe despite Tories spinning the 'Big Lie'

The Conservatives may be back in power but I don't believe they deserved to win their place in government.

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif in Afghanistan to hold talks on Taliban insurgency

Sharif to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during his visit.

British Prime Minister David Cameron EU Jean-Claude Juncker

It's great to hear David Cameron plans to move EU referendum forward – but he must do more

Here is my blueprint for Cameron as he seeks to build on amazing election triumph.

Narendra Modi's first year as prime minister of India: good for business or business as usual?

The pro-business leader has had one year to make his mark on one of the world's fastest growing economies.

Chuka Umunna makes Labour leadership bid official with Facebook 'fightback' video

The shadow business secretary said Labour could be back in power in just five years.

Norman Lamb: Tuition fee 'debacle' undermined voters' trust in the Lib Dems

The former health minister made the admission after announcing his leadership bid.

Boris Johnson blames Nick Clegg and Liberal Democrats for 'unfair' boundaries

Speaking on LBC, Mayor of London says Lib Dems are to blame to voting down boundary reform.

George Osborne sells another £500m shares in Lloyds

The government now owns 19.93% of Lloyds.

David Cameron to tell new cabinet Tories are 'the real party for working people'

Cameron to meet with first all Tory party cabinet for 18 years following reshuffle.

France: Jean-Marie Le Pen to create new party after expulsion from the Front National

FN founder Le Pen disowned his own daughter and party leader in a very public showdown last week

Saudi Arabia amassing ground forces near Yemen border amid clashes

Tanks and advanced armaments being mobilised near Saudi Arabia-Yemen border by Riyadh ahead of truce.

UN talks on nuclear-free Middle East hit buffers after Egypt demands co-ordinator quits

Saudi Arabia, Iraq and United Arab Emirates have reservations about Egypt's proposal.

US election 2016: Wall Street to Hillary Clinton: Stop bank bashing or suffer Miliband's fate

Several Wall Street executives say that Clinton's anti-bank rhetoric could cost her the 2016 presidential election.

Labour leadership was warned polls were 'too optimistic', says party's pollster

James Morris: Labour was still dogged by a lack of trust

David Cameron 'opts out' of Europe's demand to take influx of non-EU migrants

Prime Minister in first row with Brussels only hours after announcing cabinet.

Liberal Democrats frontrunner Tim Farron wants to rename party The Liberals

Source: 'We are the party of Gladstone, Lloyd George and Beveridge and we should be proud of that'.

Sally Bercow in media spat with scorned wife of man with whom she had affair, Alan Bercow

The wife of Speaker John Bercow branded a narcissist and 'media whore'

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Germany's Joachim Gauck mark 50 years of diplomatic ties

Israel buys four German-made corvette warships to help secure its Mediterranean gas rigs.

Former Tory chairman Grant Shapps demoted after series of social media gaffes

Admitted he had "screwed up" over denial that he held a second job posing as Michael Green.

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