POLITICS

PM claims 'personal responsibility' for monitoring NHS emergency departments amid fears of looming winter crisis.

Far-right Front National (FN) party members among dozens of demonstrators quizzed by police over Champs Elysees protest.

Former Tory Prime Minister Sir John Major has renewed his attack on the collapse of social mobility in Britain just as Cameron talks of aspiration.

Cabinet gives green light to destruction of Bedouin village of Hiran on anniversary of Ben-Gurion death

US, France and Western powers ready to table deal with Tehran.

Tension rising ahead of ICJ judgment on Preah Vihear temple.

Protesters against Arctic project were held for trying to climb Gazprom oil platform.

People 'face firing squad' for watching South Korean shows and possessing Bibles.

Philippines government imposes curfew on Leyte's capital Tacloban and deploys hundreds of troops to contain widespread looting.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has been making the political weather since his autumn conference, his latest move to target payday lenders is aimed at keeping the momentum going his way.

Another setback for democracy in island nation as run-off between two leading candidates delayed.

Israel seeking tougher western stand on Iran's nuclear programme.

Alan Rusbridger to appear before Select Committee as Tory MPs accuse his paper of "damaging Britain's national security".

Iran on the verge of closing deal with Western powers to end a decade-long impasse over its nuclear activities.

Al-Shabaab militants believed to be behind bombing that claimed lives of at least six people and injured 15.

Mystery surrounds deaths of French radio journalists in Mali's desert town of Kidal.

Anti-nuclear lawmaker banned from royal events for breaching protocol at Tokyo's Akasaka Palace garden party.

Over 40 human skulls have been discovered at the home of an Italian expatriate in Burundi, report local police.

Member of alleged human trafficking ring was hiding among migrants in Lampedusa

Chairman of Security and Intelligence Committee which cross-examined heads of Britain's security services.

Kremlin's multibillion-dollar military supply deal gets green light days after PM Nuri al-Maliki returned empty-handed from Washington visit.

Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda batters Philippines with sustained winds of up to 235km/h and threatens to turn into world's most powerful tropical cyclone.

London Symphony Orchestra conductor condemned by gay rights protesters as 'friend of Putin'.

In an unprecedented bout of transparency, Britain's chief spooks have emerged from the shadows to give evidence to a committee of MPs, and attack leaks for risking their operations.

Militant who ordered death of Malala Yousafzai is new Tehreek-e-Taliban chief - for how long before a CIA drone strike kills him?

Israel denies involvement in Arafat's death after scientists conclude he was 'most probably' deliberately poisoned.

Economy slowdown is elephant in the room at Beijing's political gathering, says Dr Reza Hasmath.

Minister Iain Duncan Smith has been accused of trying to shift blame for his creaking welfare reforms onto department officials.

Occupy Paedophilia: Student lured by vigilantes, forced to imitate sex acts and has his head slammed into a watermelon