POLITICS

Spanish-born 54-year-old succeeds Bertrand Delanoe at the helm of the French capital.

Marine Le Pen has led the NF to election success in France - but how similar is the party to Ukip?

Panda diplomacy is a long-standing tool to soften international relations

Prague police confirm theory that Jamal al-Jamal was holding the explosive that blew up in his home

Moscow looks to bolster annual trade with Pyongyang to about $1bn.

Chancellor in full-on election mode with full employment promise but coalition junior partner unhappy

South Korea deploys fighter jets near tense border areas to combat North's provocations.

Turkish Prime Minister hails a decisive win for his party in local elections

Medvedev is the most senior official to visit the annexed region since the referendum.

UK Independence Party leader states that Nick Clegg is 'just wrong', ahead of EU TV debate.

Best photos of the day: 31 March 2014.

Erdogan threatens detractors after winning election held amid ban on YouTube and Twitter.

China uses Xing Hui and Hao Hao to foster better relations

Seoul fires back after North Korea's artillery shells fall in South Korean territory in disputed Yellow Sea border region.

Bare-chested activists launch 'Ban Erdogan' protest outside prime minister's polling station.

Purge of Chinese communist party corruption continues, with properties, artworks and gold seized.

'Chocolate King' billionaire Petro Poroshenko is front-runner for May presidential elections.

Far-right party leader Marine Le Pen says it is 'year zero' for rise of nationalism.

Latvia's top diplomat speaks of his concern with Russia's action in Crimea as the memory of 1940 invasion lingers.

Mike Ocquaye says gay rights advocates are destroying families - and claims David Cameron agrees with him.

Broadcasters instructed to celebrate Russia's annexation of Crimea, and decry 'fascist' Kiev.

Carmichael says pro-unionists must wake up and take action before it's too late.

The Queen will have to work five days straight because the coalition has run out of policies to debate.

Film censors deal huge blow to David Cameron's clean-up campaign by saying rape porn scenes are OK, if clearly fake.

Israel demolishes Palestinian complex that housed apartments, a mosque and a medical centre.

Hi-tech equipment worth £700,000 goes missing between 2010 and 2013, some of it containing sensitive data.

Mark Menzies denies allegations by Brazilian male escort that he sought to buy drugs.

Kim Jong-un is a big fan of using Homefront on the Xbox to plan an all-out nuclear war on US.

Proposal, in wake of missing jetliner, will put China's global surveillance capability on par with US.