POLITICS

A bomb exploded metres away from Buddhist monk Wirathu, the self-styled Burmese bin Laden who has called for the boycott of Muslim businesses across the country.

Rights group slam Canberra Department of Immigration and Citizenship over photos of crying migrants deported to Papua New Guinea

Lebanese Shiite militant group to be starved of funding from EU sympathisers.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio heads to Roman Catholic World Youth Day (WYD) festival in Brazil

Another Bastille Day (14 July) over and this year's pride of place in the military march past went to detachments of the French, Malian and other West African Army forces which had saved Mali from imploding and falling into the hands of Islamic extremists in January 2013. Troops from 13 African nations that had supported France's Opération Serval in Mali, participated in the parade. The United Nations soldiers in their blue berets were led by Mali's Colonel Elisée Jean Dao. The countr...

Prime Minister to introduce series of measures to curb pornographic content in cyberspace.

Prime Minister pledges to press ahead with economic reform, as Liberal Democrats and allies claim 73 seats in Upper House.

Prime Minister promises new legislation if companies fail to do more to block images of child abuse.

New York woman allegedly faked traumatic brain injury, and was not even in Boston at the time of the tragedy.

LDP likely to take control of upper house, allowing PM Shinzo Abe to implement political and economic reforms.

US President intervenes on vexed issue of race, telling voters that everyday experience has affected African-American perception of the verdict.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says preliminary agreement on return to negotiating table has been reached.

Convicted opposition leader Navalny hopes to win election following release pending appeal.

Hamas, which controls Gaza Strip, says President Mahmoud Abbas lacks legitimacy to represent Palestinians.

Media mogul upset at Russian crackdown on opposition and its policy over Syria.

Emilio Fede, Lele Mora and Nicole Minetti sentenced to prison in ongoing scandal.

Home Secretary Theresa May tells coroner Sir Robert Owen to explain the government's decision.

Police plans to corral English Defence League in pub lead to warnings of alcohol-fuelled rabble.

Lobbyist to focus solely on helping Tory election campaign in run-up to 2015.

Singer Jampel releases single in tribute to radical and often suicidal political protests.

US giant withdraws eight of nine GM applications citing 'political obstructionism'.

1967 ceasefire line agreement believed to be at centre of peace deal offer by US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Islamist outfits launch widespread attacks in Sinai over Egypt unrest.

PM Kevin Rudd announces controversial measures to tackle asylum-seeker influx.

Russia unexpectedly freed opposition leader Alexei Navalny on bail on Friday (July 19), bending to the will of thousands of protesters who denounced his five-year jail sentence as a crude attempt by President Vladimir Putin to silence him.

20-year-old college student assaulted in village of Desarmau, Uttar Pradesh.

Supreme Court orders New Delhi to regulate acid sales and increase compensation for acid attack victims.

Opposition blogger released on bail by Kirov court after 10,000 stage protest in Moscow.

Lee Rigby murder suspect makes allegations of assault after losing two front teeth in Belmarsh.