POLITICS

A Guardian’s cartoon depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as puppet master in the wake of Gaza's escalating conflict has sparked controversy.

Hamas military arm Al Qassam confirms it is shelling Tel Aviv with M75 projectiles as Jerusalem also comes under attack for the first time.

Maybe the reason why the UK public decided to stay away from voting in the election of Police and crime commissioners, who will have the power to set 41 police force strategies and budgets.

Just 10 percent of voters turned out for the police and crime commissioners elections in some areas and one polling station in Newport recorded no voters.

Dissolution follows support for key electoral reforms.

Egypt's prime minister Hisham Qandil visited the Strip for three hours as the shelling continues

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah urges Arab leaders to use oil embargo against US and Israel.

Result to reveal mood of electorate on Tories and economy.

Qandil's trip comes as Israel calls up 30,000 reservists adding to speculation that a ground attack is imminent.

US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said President Obama won the elections thanks to “gifts” he made to minorities and young people

Russia is to make the glorification of Nazism illegal and is currently preparing a bill on the inadmissibility of the rehabilitation and glorification of Nazi war criminals.

Air raid sirens sound in Israel's most populous city. Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu says the Israeli army is ready for ground invasion of Gaza.

One dead as protests spread against government's measure to tackle budget deficit.

Hamas leader Ahmed Jabari had just been given the draft of a truce agreement when he was assassinated in Israeli strike, peace activist Gershon Baskin revealed.

Downing Street sticks to position on gay weddings, claiming society shall be improved by law change

Protesters clashed with police and stormed a conference centre hosting a German-Greek meeting in Thessaloniki.

Israel targeted 100 Hamas' sites while Palestinian militants fired more than 200 rockets towards the Jewish state.

Three Israelis have been killed by rocket-fire from Gaza, where 11 Palestinians have died in Israeli air strikes since it killed a Hamas chief on Wednesday.

US calls for caution while acknowledging Israel’s right to self-defence.

Xi Jinping has been named the President of China for the next ten years as the country's leadership handed the reins of power to the next generation.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas calls for urgent Arab League meeting over Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

The 20-year-old studen taken into custody after confessing to his therapist that he plotted to kill the US leader and murder trick-or-treating children.

Israel's military spokeswoman Avital Leibovitch says the Gaza attack is 'start of a broader operation' called Pillar of Defence.

Defense Department investigating whether 'inappropriate communications' took place between Florida socialite and US general.

Chris Heaton-Harris wanted Delingpole to stand as independent candidate to 'cause some hassle' on wind farms.

Jawad and Jalal Fairooz tell IBTimes UK of their shock at discovering their citizenship had been revoked by Bahrain government.

Internal document for Israel's foreign ministry claims removing Abbas 'only option' over UN bid

Bombs exploded in Baghdad, Kirkuk, Hilla and Hawija just hours before Muharram.

The head of the military wing of Palestinian Islamist group, Hamas, is dead. Commander of the al-Qassam Brigades, Ahmed al-Jaabari and his deputy, who was with him in the car, were killed instantly in the explosion caused by an Israeli airstrike.