POLITICS

US President vows to overhaul controversial surveillance programmes and admits recent NSA leaks have damaged Washington's reputation

Six elderly women are being investigated for crimes against humanity at Auschwitz concentration camp where they were prison guards.

It's finally happened. The Cult of David Miliband is finally on its way out along with the man himself. His goodbye letter in the New Statesman has been greeted with nice dose of scepticism and criticism whereas three years ago the reaction would have been adulation and astonishment at his great insight.

EXCLUSIVE: Human rights activist banned from boarding to Copenhagen flight to Gulf kingdom

Kenyan government admits firefighters were poorly equipped as Nairobi international airport restarts operation.

US State Department warns Americans in Pakistan of threat posed by foreign and indigenous terrorist groups.

Yemen on high alert against terrorism after message between al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula was intercepted.

Sicilian Cosa Nostra man of honour who lived in Uxbridge, an unremarkable London suburb, appeared before Westminster Magistrates' Court

NewYorker.com article claimed Amazon founder bought newspaper by accidentally clicking on site.

Another bomb in Afghanistan kills 14 members of same family.

Ukip politician ends Channel 4 interview as foreign aid storm continues.

Syrian information minister says reports of president hit by mortar shelling on way to Malik mosque untrue.

Motorcycle bomb kills 11 victims, mainly children and teenagers.

Former IMF chief faces aggravated pimping charges at trial due to start in Lille in 2014.

Barack Obama pulls out of plans to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

Britain says Spain agrees to reduce border checks but Madrid maintains controls are legal

Roberto Benigni director of Life is Beautiful claims Berlusconi's party bribed people to join rally in his support.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 62 rebels killed in Damascus suburb of Adra

Former head of Jerusalem's Yeshivat Hakotel convicted on two counts of sexually assaulting minor.

President Cristina Kirchner goes to war at the UN over Falklands.

The area has been quiet since war with Hezbollah in 2006.

Ukip MEP defends foreign aid remarks and insists voters agree with him.

Pyongyang says Tokyo crossed 'danger-line' by unveiling its largest warship since World War II.

Yemen steps up security measures after dozens of al-Qaida militants reportedly infiltrate capital.

Eight people, including a military commander, killed as tribesman fire rocket at army aircraft

The US has shut down 19 diplomatic posts across the Middle East and Africa over an unspecified terrorist threat from al-Qaida.

Former Republican president has artery blockage removed at Dallas hospital, Texas.

Newly-elected president defends nuclear programme in first news conference.

US security officials claim Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) bombmaker Ibrahim al-Asiri is behind new threat.