Parties reward donors and loyal employees as Lords swells further.
PM Morgan Tsvangirai says elections are "null and void" amid vote-rigging claims
Jailed Popular Party treasurer Luis Barcenas accuses PM of receiving cash from slush fund.
Israel's authorities in Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, arrested a man and a woman who asked American passenger to change seat.
Montevideo House of Representatives approved a bill backed by President Jose Mujica to put government in charge of cannabis trade and production
Former president and wife Carla Bruni reportedly chipped in a paltry €7,500 to repay an €11m party debt
Mayor Luftur Rahman mounts drive to banish group after Tommy Robinson speaks of mosque march.
Leathers portrays Weiner as persistent, jealous and hypocritical - and says she is proof that he has not changed.
Businessman Peter Cruddas sued paper for falsely claiming he sold meetings with David Cameron for £250,000.
Father of NSA whistleblower hits out at FBI tactics and praises Vladimir Putin for keeping son safe.
Chieti councillor Ivo D'Agostino allegedly lured women into having sex in council offices in exchange for homes.
Zawahiri, leader of Sunni militant outfit al-Qaida, raps Iran and Hezbollah over Syria conflict.
Free Saudi editor's conviction attracts global condemnation.
New centrifuges add to 12,000 already running at Iran's nuclear facilities.
Zimbabwe is heading to presidential polls with incumbent president, Robert Mugabe, aged 89, confident of extending his 33-year rule.
Polls opened across Zimbabwe on Wednesday (July 31), with long queues of people braving a bout of unseasonably cold weather to stand in line from well before dawn.
Pryce loses Companion of the Order of the Bath for taking Chris Huhne's speeding points.
US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestine's chief negotiator Saeb Erekat.
Weiner ducks question about his current texting habits - but says he can still win New York mayor race.
George Osborne's father-in-law ignites fracking debate.
Wealthy Greeks who are likely targets of criminals and terrorists will have to pay for their own police protection under new cost-cutting plans.
Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett has controversial views on Palestinian prisoners.
Benefit changes do not breach human rights or equality laws, judge rules.
Catherine Ashton meets Muslim Brotherhood leader Morsi and Egyptian government officials in Cairo.
Cameron unlikely to be comforted by ambitious blond's latest words on leadership
Heavily armed insurgents attack DI Khan Central Jail in northwestern Pakistan.
Pontiff speaks about homosexuality on flight back from Roman Catholic World Youth Day (WYD) festival in Brazil.
British ambassador to Libya Sir Vincent Fean wrote to Blair setting out terms of deal, secret documents show.
Leaders from North Korea, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Syria to attend.
Documents obtained by IBTimes UK lift lid on Eritrean government collecting illegal tax in violation of UN and Foreign Office.