POLITICS

President Yudhoyono demands explanation form PM Tony Abbott.

Supreme leader tells Basij militiamen that Iran seeks cordial relations with all nations.

Socialist president can rule without consulting national assembly.

Total personal debt rises to £1.4tn, with average household debt standing at £54,000.

Prime minister discusses bilateral ties and Iran's nuclear issue with president Hassan Rohani.

David Meseguer and Oriol Gracia's documentary shows Kurds' quiet resistance to Assad and al-Qaida.

Madrid's envoy to London Federico Trillo summoned over territorial waters dispute

Syria and North Korea might be out in the cold, but maintain good relations through their rulers.

Canadian conservative politician stripped of most mayoral powers by city council.

Cameron's privileged background used as weapon against him as both sides weigh up economic arguments.

Survey finds that French workers are most in need of a holiday despite having world's best holiday leave.

Family of eight stabbed to death in border city of Ciudad Juarez may have known their killers.

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt positioning himself as patients' champion in response to Mid Staffs scandal.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono angered at Canberra's lack of remorse.

Skinhead suspect arrested in 7th arrondissement after 24-hour manhunt, but police deny they have found him.

Tehran's cultural attaché to Lebanon, Sheikh Ibrahim Ansari, among 23 killed by twin blast in Hezbollah stronghold

Based on a true story, Rhino Season is the story of an Iranian Kurdish poet looking for his wife after 30 years in jail.

NCRI, exiled in France, says unit located close to Haft-e Tir military facility.

Tehran's diplomatic compound in Lebanese capital hit by twin blast.

Russian president talks to Iranian leader as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to visit Moscow.

Local 'anti' campaign to stop Blunt standing as MP again in Reigate fails amid allegations of homophobia.

PM claims Labour leader guilty of lack of knowledge of foreign affairs.

A politician has scared voters by warning that voting machines will give electric shocks if they vote for other candidates.

The Muslim Brotherhood may have been ousted, but will the concatenation of problems which propelled them to power ever be fixed?

Photographer seriously wounded by still-at-large gunman in Paris offices of daily Libération was on his first day of assignment.

Boris Johnson, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg all have ideas for what chancellor should do in autumn statement.

Michael D. Higgins is to become the first Irish head of state to make an official visit to the UK.

The Third Plenary session of the 18th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress commenced in Beijing on 9 November 2013 and concluded on 12 November.

Skinhead shooter still at large and believed to be armed with grenades after seriously wounding Liberation newspaper photographer.