POLITICS

Nicolas Maduro will succeed Hugo Chavez as leader of Venezuela following a narrow win in the presidential election.

American Secretary of State delivers warning to North Korea dictator Kim Jong-un in Tokyo.

The amount given away by the wealthy to good causes rose by 21 percent over the past year as the overall amount donated by the general public dropped.

The Thatcher Library would celebrate her achievements and aim to further her free market ideals.

Ahmadinejad to visit Benin, Niger and Ghana to improve economic and political ties.

Seoul disconnects nuclear plant's network from internet and seals off USB ports.

Unconfirmed reports which suggested a coup against Kim rubbished by Seoul officials as Pyongyang gears up to mark Kim Il-sung's birth anniversary.

Crowds 'evict' Iain Duncan Smith from Bucks pad over welfare reforms.

'Remote craft are a dream for terrorists and neighbours at war', says Google boss.

Moscow bans American officials in response to Washington's 'Magnitsky List.'

Latest missiles come after Iran's recent test-firing of Naze'at-10 and Fajr-5 rockets.

Kerry to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and top officials and urge them to pull back North Korea.

Students at US Albany High School asked to pretend they live in Nazi Germany and prove their loyalty to Adolf Hitler.

London’s tallest building has not paid any business rates since it opened.

Kremlin warns against naming suspects in Sergei Magnitsky’s death and draws up own list of alleged American human rights abusers.

BBC right not to air Ding Dong The Witch is Dead in chart show, says Gareth Platt.

North Korea will not be accepted as nuclear power, warns Barack Obama's secretary of state.

Two bombs hit the Omar Bin Abdul-Aziz mosque in the town of Kanaan and a third device exploded in Baghdad

Britain's Barack Obama challenged by Raffles, 151, JuJu and Jalouse to go clubbing in Soho.

Brazil beefing up security for pope as well as football world cup and Olympics.

Palestinian majority believes in national reconciliation between staunch rivals Hamas and Fatah.

North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau of 12,000 cyber warfare experts is preparing for cyber attack on South Korea.

Suspensions in Congolese army over Minova rapes, just hours after Angelina Jolie and William Hague pledged to combat mass rape in conflict zones.

US spy agency says Pyongyang may have technology to mount nuclear bombs on ballistic missiles.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Seoul on Friday (April 12) just hours after a U.S. government agency said North Korea had a nuclear weapon it could mount on a missile, but the assessment was swiftly dismissed.

Pyongyang erupts with anniversary dance parties to mark ascension of Kim as sabre-rattling continues

Thatcher funeral: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev among world leaders on 2,000-strong list of invites.

Foreign minister William Hague announces deal to make sexual violence zones in conflict a war crime.

Jean-Marie Le Pen granddaughter says media storm is diversion tactic for Hollande scandal.