POLITICS

Washington accused of conspiracy to sink migrant boat off Sicilian coast.

Sir Brian Leveson appeared before a Commons committee inquiring into his year-old recommendations on press regulation only to learn how frustrating it all is.

Poll shows large percentage of Israeli youths unaware of circumstances of prime minister's death 18 years ago.

Libyan Prime Minister was released after being seized by gunmen at his Tripoli hotel.

Cars have been torched in Burka, east of Ramallah, in retaliation for soldier's death and Jewish settlement demolition.

Fake front-page accusing Libyan PM of delivering al-Qaida militant to US went viral on Libyan social media before abduction

MP and LGBT activist Alessandro Zan describes the foul mix of inertia, bigotry and blind hatred that denies Italian homosexuals their basic rights.

The Libyan government said PM Ali Zeidan has been freed by gunmen who abducted him from his Tripoli Hotel.

Greece's unemployment rate rose to 27.6 percent in July - from a downwardly revised 27.5 percent in June - data by the country's statistics service (ELSTAT) showed on Thursday (October 10).

Militia group affiliated to the Interior Ministry, the Libyan Revolutionary Operations Chamber, claims responsibility for dawn operation at luxury Corinthian Hotel.

Lon Snowden says he hopes to see his son but has no idea about his whereabouts.

Guard at Corinthian Hotel in Tripoli, where Zeidan was staying, says PM was escorted by armed rebels into a convoy of waiting cars.

US postpones delivery of F16 fighter jets and will not supply M1A1 tank kits, Harpoon missiles and Apache helicopters.

Business Secretary Vince Cable defends sell-off of Royal Mail insisting it's no Treasury 'fire sale'.

Claims of fraud and vote rigging as president Ilham Aliyev prepares for landslide victory.

Radical feminist group disrupts Madrid's lower house session over Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon's plan to reform liberal abortion laws

Labour leader Ed Miliband has been accused of wanting to live in a "Marxist Universe" during the first Prime Minister's Question Time of the parliamentary year.

Uighur activists claim arrests are part of crackdown on their ethnic group in northwestern Muslim region of Xinjiang

Ali Jannati slams former government's strict censorship rules according to Iran expert Golnaz Esfandiari

UMP member Philippe Le Ray accused of sexism for interrupting a speech on pension reform emitting bird-like noises

Labour's health spokesman Andy Burnham has won a boost in his fight with Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who he had threatened to sue.

Taiwan says China's military strength could soon allow it to surpass a possible US defence of the island nation in case of an attack.

Tibet's exiled rights groups say many injured in security forces crackdown in Dathang, Biru County

At least 10 dead in new fire on outskirts of Dhaka.

President Obama will tip Yellen for top position later today.

Taliban tells Americans not to trust US politicians, who 'suck blood of own their people'.

Foreign Secretary William Hague announces both Iran and UK to appoint non-resident charge d'affaires.

US president calls on Republicans to end government shutdown and lift debt ceiling before any negotiations on fiscal issues.

U.S. President Barack Obama will nominate Federal Reserve Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen to be the next head of the U.S. central bank on Wednesday, a White House official said on Tuesday.