POLITICS

US had offered a $5m bounty on Mehsud after he appeared in a farewell video with the Jordanian suicide bomber who attacked a US base in Afghanistan, killing CIA employees.

Replacement figurehead needed for controversial street protest movement.

Successor to Tommy Robinson denies EDL under control of neo-Nazis and says group opening doors to minorities.

360 Bosniak and Croat victims found in Tomasica - but the figure is likely to rise.

Uighur-linked group blamed for car attack in Beijing's symbolic square.

Greece's state and media have used the 'abduction' to stigmatise the Roma people and bury inconvenient truths.

World's second largest refugee camp will be transformed into a city with councils and paved streets

One of the most unusual households in Britain riddled with contradictions.

Indonesia summons Australian ambassador, China demands examination over whistleblower's leaks.

Xinhua's warning to Uncle Sam: Peeping Tom will be struck blind.

Google, Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, AOL and Facebook asked for additional oversight and accountability mechanisms for NSA programmes.

Military strike targets Hamas tunnels in Gaza.

Following a surprise meeting with a German MP, NSA-whistleblower Edward Snowden indicates he is open to giving evidence against old employers.

Beijing asserts right to curb export of essential minerals indispensable for hi-tech industries.

Barack Obama had ordered NSA to halt eavesdropping on IMF and World Bank within last few weeks.

Attack on a military base near coastal city of Latakia targets Russian-made missiles intended to be transferred to Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.

Labour MPs offer support to controversial rail project linking London and the north but there is still a long way to go.

Canadian politician's friend Alessandro Lisi rearrested on extrortion charges following drug trafficking probe.

Details of massive housing construction emerge after release of 26 Palestinian prisoners.

Energy supplier swap to be made easier for consumers, says Davey, but no reference to environmental charges on power firms.

The National Security Agency has tapped directly into communications links used by Google and Yahoo to move huge amounts of email and other user information among overseas data centres, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday (October 31).

Front National leader puzzled by the beards sported by hostages freed by al-Qaida in Niger

Antonietta Testa had heart attack and collapsed into husband's tomb but Pompei residents used death to choose lotto numbers.

Internal police probe confirmed allegations of officers' involvement in racist attacks.

Historian Johannes Tuchel claims Nazi Holocaust war criminal did not escape Germany after World War II.

Industrial zone reopens after five-month shutdown following growing political tensions.

Embattled surveillance agency denies raft of snooping accusations including claims it targeted Vatican.

HRW calls for release of columnist Tariq al-Mubarak who has been held for writing in favour of women' rights

Drug reform leader David Raynes says that prescribing heroin would create huge costs.