POLITICS

Reuters survey shows young Scots less keen on independence than analysts predicted

Best photos of the day: 6 May 2014.

IRGC's naval commander says Iran has potential to sink US vessels in less than a minute during combat.

Former army chief and presidential hopeful rules out any reconciliation with Islamist outfit.

"I abducted your girls. I will sell them in the market, by Allah," says Boko Haram leader.

Beijing sentences Li, who 'leaked' military secrets to foreign country, to 10 years in prison.

As many as 67 pro-Russians held in connection with arson attack on building that killed 40 people freed.

Critics say congress was due to host 'biggest gathering of anti-semites in Belgium since World War II'.

Annual fundraiser is chance for president to show lighter side.

Conservatives block Lib Dem plans to sign EU equality declaration - to appease hardline party members.

Russia warns it is weighing options after getting pleas for help from pro-Russian protesters as Donetsk, Slovyansk, Luhansk on the boil.

OSCE observers released after being seized by pro-Russian separatist militia

OPEC production surveys for April produce contradictory results.

London bullion market to be shut on 5 May for bank holiday.

Militants from outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) storm Muslim villages

People seen jumping from trade union building as protesters clashed.

World Bank loan could encourage others to invest in Pakistan's creaking energy sector

Ukraine's interim president says operation not moving as fast as hoped in eastern city.

Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Gazprom could cut supplies to Ukraine as early as this summer.

US Reports on Terrorism report classifies vandalism by 'violent extremists' against Palestinians as terrorism.

The IMF chief denies that loans come in exchange for structural reform, but the Ukraine bailout shows she is wrong.

Pro-Assad forces and rebels put down weapons in key battleground.

Shadow business secretary has raised eyebrows with support for key New Labour tenet.

Sudden unexplained replacement and disappearance of Choe Ryong-hae as head of General Political Bureau sparks alarm

The Conservative peer has said Westminster should act to safeguard British jobs and industry.

Lebanese Socialist Party leader calls for cannabis cultivation to be legalised to boost farmers' incomes.

Russian president Vladimir Putin sends representative to southeast Ukraine for talks on pulling back conflict

Ukraine says pro-Russians defending their grip on eastern city of Slavyansk have shot down a helicopter, killing a pilot.

Rating agency says if Scotland becomes independent, it would take its debt burden with it.