Women ministers are being promoted as the prime minister's reshuffle continues.
Government spokesman says most of airport's planes destroyed by rockets.
David Cameron's shock reshuffle has seen end of senior ministers and made room for young women.
Militant wing of Hamas earlier warned battle will 'intensify' rejecting Egypt's ceasefire initiative.
William Hague will continue in his role as First Secretary of State.
Isis expel rebels from Deir Ezzor city, capital of the oil-rich Deir Ezzor province.
The home secretary has faced a bruising session in front of a committee of MPs.
The prime minister is set to promote a number of women in a reshuffle of his top team.
Regional organisation calls on 'international community' to end Israeli air strikes on occupied territory.
768,000 holiday-makers visited the country during May, down from 969,000 in the same month in 2013.
Lady Butler-Sloss has stood down as head of the child sex abuse inquiry after claims of conflict of interest.
Lebanese fighters killed by Sunni Islamist militants in clash which also killed 16 rebels.
Breaking her four-month-long silence, pilot's sister defends captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah.
Kiev ends rebel blockade of strategic airport after warplanes inflict heavy separatist losses.
Boko Haram chief Abubakar Shekau vows support for Iraq's Sunni militant outfit Isis.
KRG representatives anger Baghdad by seeking oil export agreements and access to revenues for oil already sold.
Despite a 1-7 humiliation in semi-final, Brazilians hail Germany's win over their historic rivals Argentina.
UN says about 17,000 Palestinians have sought refuge in shelter facilities it has set up.
President Mahmoud Abbas requests international protection from escalating Israeli air strikes in Gaza Strip.
Sunday newspaper claims former prime minister covered up allegations that senior minister was part of Westminster paedophile ring.
Heavy gunfire reported between Islamist extremists and Zintan group, which controls airport.
Iran and P5+1 powers racing against 20 July-deadline to end decades-long nuclear impasse.
Islamist assailants open fire at residents in apartment for allegedly running prostitution den in Baghdad neighbourhood.
Gun-battle erupts between Israeli navy commandos and Hamas militants amid boiling tensions over ground invasion.
Israel has warned they will launch a heavy offensive in the next 24 hours, as the international community calls for a ceasefire.
Israel has bombarded Gaza with airstrikes killing 133 civilians, most of them children.
Libya's largest oilfield, El Sharara, where Spanish firm Repsol is a partner, has resumed production.
Military finds arms, ammunition and uniforms of security personnel stashed underground in Balmo Forest.
US Fed chief Janet Yellen's Congress testimony next week could also influence prices.
Earthquake in Fukushima Prefecture generates 20-cm tsunami in Japan's eastern coastal regions.