The Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons was arrested yesterday after claims of rape and sexual assault on two men in their 20s.
Damascus rocked by huge explosions as Israeli warplanes strike targets including Jamraya research facility.
Former V-P candidate praises delegates at US gun lobby convention, saying "you don't retreat"
UN and Arab League special envoy said be frustrated over never-ending Syrian conflict.
Israeli officials confirm its air force carried out raid targeting "game-changing" weapons.
Lebanese army confirms Israeli warplanes flew over its airspace to launch attacks on Syria.
US president insists use of chemical weapons in Syria will be 'game changer' but says Washington's response would not be rushed.
David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nck Clegg have much to chew on after counties vote.
Prime minister faces battle with anti-smoking campaigners if plan is axed from Queen's Speech.
EXCLUSIVE: Documents found in rubble contradict Benetton statement it had cut links with garment factories.
Congolese-born Italian integration minister says: I'm black and I'm proud.
Former Chongqing city official depicted in the throes of passion with 18-year-old nursing student Zhao Hongxia in January.
Banners express solidarity with man who injured two policemen in attack on PM Enrico Letta's office in Rome.
US mission receives photograph of pressure cooker bomb along with threat letter.
Social media site Weibo's images of phallic headquarters and mockery of Communist Party newspaper blocked.
Ukip gives major parties a scare, forcing conciliatory tone by Cameron and claiming it is on way to tasting power.
Zulfiqar Ali shot several times by unidentified gunmen while heading to court.
Eurosceptic party becomes official opposition in Lincolnshire while Tories lose two of seven councils.
French journalists' group Reporters Without Borders on Friday (May 3) marked World Press Freedom Day by pasting a wall in Paris with giant posters of the leaders whom it says flout media rights.
Ukip finishes second with 24% vote while Lib Dems down to seventh place as its candidate loses deposit.
A prosecutor investigating the 2007 assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, one of the most shocking events in Pakistan's turbulent history, was shot dead on Friday (May 3), police said.
The United States on Thursday (May 2) urged North Korea to grant amnesty to Kenneth Bae, a U.S. citizen sentenced to 15 years hard labor for what Pyongyang said were crimes against the state, a U.S. State Department spokesman said.
Democracy watchdog Freedom House ranks Turkmenistan worst in world for 2013 press freedom.
N'Djamena says gang including opposition MP Saleh Makki arrested for plotting to destabilise Chad.
Opposition in New Delhi blaming government for failing to protect convicted bomber and spy Sarabjit Singh who died in Lahore.
Former chief prosecutor Col Morris Davis launches initiative to shut down US military prison on Cuba as hunger strike continues.
Questions over Sarkozy's right-hand man who sold two paintings by Andries van Eertvelt for €500,000.
Giorgos Kaminis assaulted by reportedly armed neo-Nazi Golden Dawn lawmaker Giorgos Germenis.
Greece's anti-immigrant Golden Dawn party scuffled with police who stopped them distributing food exclusively to Greeks in Athens' central square on Thursday (May 2) ahead of the Greek Orthodox Easter holiday on May 5.
Christian tour operator Bae allegedly photographed starving children and dissenter executions in pariah state.
