POLITICS

Political editor Nick Assinder casts a sideways look at events in Westminster.

Iraq's Kurds are showing increased assertiveness as Baghdad flounders.

Israeli app which warns of incoming missiles uses 'joke app' Yo! to give instant warnings.

The prime minister has insisted new laws need to be pushed through parliament to 'plug a gap'.

Import tax on gold remains at record-high 10%.

Israel escalates bombardment of Gaza, focusing on underground tunnels and rocket launching sites.

Palestinian Authority President says 'killing of entire families' genocide at crisis meeting.

Conservative Laurence Robertson wants England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to join forces.

Iraq requests UN help to prevent the threat of terrorists in Iraq or abroad using the materials.

Jewish associations criticise EU role for the former leader of Germany's fascist National Democratic Party (NPD).

Official estimates show that capital flight could reach $100bn by the end of 2014.

Leaked conversations between 'Ali M' and senior AQIM member reveal terror threat to French capital.

Teens abducted in West Bank shot in premeditated killing, says US official.

Ukraine agreed a $17bn package with IMF in May but wants more aid to rebuild eastern region.

Rebels in Syria control much of the country's oil production facilities.

Hamas militants land on Israeli beach and exchange fire with IDF before being killed.

SNP's Alex Salmond has continually pledged that Scotland can go it alone with abundant oil revenues.

Presidential contender and former army general Prabowo Subianto refuses to concede defeat.

Campaigners say she is compromised by the fact her brother was attorney general in the 1980s.

China Vice Premier Wang Yang said moving too fast on reforms could be fatal to Beijing.

Security forces find men bound and killed in Hilla.

Kremlin chief of staff sharpens rhetoric with no end in sight to long-running gas dispute.

Russian minister says bank's HQ to be decided at Fortaleza summit on July 15-16.

Israeli Defence Forces step up attack on Gaza targets as barrage of Hamas rockets land in Israel.

Hopes have faded that 114 missing files regarding child sex abuse in the 1980s will ever be found.

Sisi had pledged to focus on helping the poorest in Egyptian society during his election campaign.

Troops to be mobilised as bombardment of occupied territory in retaliation for Hamas fire continues.

The KRG is hopeful oil output could spike in the next few years to one million barrels of oil per day.

Claims of high-level conspiracy to cover-up Westminster paedophile ring have been boosted.