POLITICS

Russia hopes to receive first of two helicopter carriers as scheduled in November, but France uncertain.

Four groups of Russian warplanes sighted 'conducting significant military manoeuvres' over European airspace.

Pakistani teen and education activist is to donate entire World's Children's Prize winnings to UNRWA schools.

Company says decision to relocate plant in settlement 'purely commercial' as part of 'global growth plan'.

Iraqi peshmerga fighters arrive in south-eastern Turkey en route for the Syrian town of Kobani.

German Ambassador Dr Peter Ammon said it should pay its £1.7bn tax bill.

Cambridge-educated economist replaces incumbent Michael Sata following death in London.

Israeli PM issues strong response to US official's 'chickens**t' comments in anonymous interview.

Beijing intends to boost scientific and research exploration in South Pole by setting up airfield.

Bangladesh's Islamist militants reportedly planned to kill PM Sheikh Hasina and carry out a coup.

An on-going and powerful cyberattack by Russian hackers against the White House computer systems continues.

Motiur Rahman Nizami, 71-year-old leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, found guilty of genocide, murder, and rape charges.

Chiefs of armed forces and security agencies meet at Vice President Guy Scott's house to discuss power transfer.

The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has recently ordered the execution of officials for charges of graft and watching South Korean soap.

About 150 Kurdish Peshmerga forces are en route to the Syrian-Turkish border town of Kobani to battle IS militants.

Senior Obama official calls Israeli PM 'chickenshit' and only interested in protecting himself from political defeat.

Kurds flying from Erbil airport in Kurdistan to Turkey to travel overland to besieged Syrian-Kurdish city.

Yehuda Weinstein calls on Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon to explain ban on travel with settlers.

Pentagon revises estimate of air war in Iraq and Syria up to $580m total.

This year sees the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, on 9 November 1989.

Royal Scottish Museum urged Scottish Secretary to claim the monster as the rightful property of Scotland.

Ahmet Davutoglu says Ankara will only take part in coalition operations if military action taken against Assad regime.

Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Tuesday.

Controversial bill based on international evidence that introducing client responsibility lowers sex work rates.

Isis and Jabhat al-Nusar militants nearly took over Syria's second city after taking over governor's office.

US agencies, like FBI and CIA, hired at least 1,000 Nazis as Cold War spies decades after World War II.

Children as young as six years old are being trained as suicide bombers and the Islamic State's soldiers of the future, according to Foreign Policy.

Two car bombings in Iraq have killed at least 34 people and injured 24 at a checkpoint manned by troops and pro-government Shiite militiamen.

Lebanon's economy expected to grow no more than 2.5% in best-case scenario in 2015.