POLITICS

Meshaal will attend massive rally called by Hamas to celebrate 'victory' against Israel.

Owner also illegally expanded facility to eight storeys and was planning ninth.

Japan orders defence forces to deploy surface-to-air missiles to intercept rocket's debris.

As public and media gushes North Korean-style over Kate Middleton and her royal pregnancy, Shane Croucher asks when will we debate becoming a republic?

A strong earthquake has shaken northeastern Japan prompting a tsunami warning for the Miyagi coastal area.

Following the expected arrival of US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's to Northern Ireland from Dublin as part of her four day trip to Europe.

The Egyptian army is preparing itself for more violent protests today following President Mursi's appearance on national television.

Hamas to sue IDF official Major General Eitan Dangot for alleged war crimes during 2007 blockade of Gaza Strip.

Anti-Mursi demonstrators plan 'red card' protests against Muslim Brotherhood leader as protests snowball.

Silvio Berlusconi's PDL party withholds support in confidence vote but Monti government still on thin ice as minority.

Heads of Germany's 16 federal states approve bid to outlaw far-right party - but Chancellor Merkel cautious.

Russian-made GAZ-2330 Tiger military vehicle will be used by top politician for official duties.

Hamas' exiled political leader Khaled Meshaal is set to visit Gaza on Friday after 45 years of exile.

Martin Cole believes the tax avoidance secrets of companies such as Starbucks and Amazon betray the pointlessness of the European Union.

Talighi Jamaat proposal for mosque that would dwarf St Paul's Cathedral thrown out by east London planners.

The anti President -Mursi protestors, currently staging a sit in after another night of violence that saw 5 people killed in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

Two MPs turned away days after tighter security measures agreed for parliament building.

Shadow chancellor usually takes no prisoners but reveals George Osborne and Tory hecklers undermined performance.

Turmoil in Cairo continues as Muslim Brotherhood supporters clash with rivals amid reports of two deaths.

It is 70 years since the the Beveridge Report, a document which mapped out Britain's welfare state. But the anniversary passed almost unnoticed.

Horrific execution of a man in Italian kindergarten while children were performing Christmas songs.

Spy jailed for four years in South Korea after posing as defector to carry out espionage.

Defiant Israeli PM stands by decision to build in east Jerusalem and West Bank in retaliation for UN ruling.

Onyango Obama's immigration troubles emerged when he was arrested for drunken driving in 2011.

Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index places Greece 94th, below Bulgaria and Romania and the bottom spot in EU.

52-year-old jumped to death from car park platform in front of Serbia's assistant foreign minister.

Washington denies Tehran's claim that ScanEagle drone has been captured.

100,000 protesters mass outside palace and further demos take place in Tahrir Square.

Eleven newspapers on strike against free speech limits while anger grows against president's 'pharaoh' decree.