POLITICS

Energy prices in Egypt among the lowest in the world thanks to state subsidies.

EU's Gunther Oettinger said European countries have right to sell on Russian gas.

Nurses to be freed and taken to Kurdish regional capital Erbil

Open-ended strike continues after union rejects pay increase offer

Hamas offers to halt rocket attacks if Israel stops air raids on Gaza Strip

Abu Osama, hailing 7/7 London bombers, vows to wage war against 'pure evil' of Britain.

David Cameron's government scrapped Lord Richards' proposal to train and equip rebels as it was thought too risky.

Cruddas was secretly recorded by Tory researchers, criticising Ed Miliband's leadership.

Massoud Barzani tells region's legislature to set up electoral commission in preparation for independence vote

Insurgents planning Baghdad assault with aid of insider uprising at 'Zero Hour'

Lebanon could have more than 1.5 million Syrians registered as refugees by the end of 2014.

Political Editor Nick Assinder takes a sideways look at the goings on in Westminster.

Downing Street and Nick Clegg have insisted the police are the right people to investigate historic child sex abuse claims.

Metalworkers and engineers went on strike on Tuesday demanding 12% pay hike.

Kidnapped truck drivers en route to Turkish border to be handed over to Turkish authorities..

Ugandan police warn of specific threat to attack Ugandan airport today by unknown terror group

Miliband has been unveiling key pro-business policies but they have been overshadowed by attacks on his leadership.

Algeria striker Islam Slimani reveals team to give second round winnings to occupied territory

Russian fast food chain offering Czar cheeseburger to open branch in Crimea capital.

Gazprom said gas flows to Europe steady on Thursday.

Libyan rebels return Ras Lanuf and Es Sider oil terminals to government after year-long standoff.

Nikkei reports at least 10 of those abducted during 1970s and 80s are still in North Korea.

Abu Mohammad al-Maqdessi denounces Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's caliphate in Iraq and Syria.

Former British Prime Minister to advise former head of the armed forces in controversial move

Fighting in eastern Ukraine rages as foreign ministers resume talks to end the conflict.

Former Home Secretary Leon Brittan has said police were handed claims about alleged paedophile activity

Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will not rest until the killers of the three teens are found.

Israeli PM tells vigilantes not to take the law into their own hands

Britain slams France, Spain and Italy for not doing enough' in international relief effort.