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Jawad and Jalal Fairooz tell IBTimes UK of their shock at discovering their citizenship had been revoked by Bahrain government.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

Aung San Suu Kyi is on a six-day visit to India, her first visit to the country in 25 years and is expected to meet school and college friends apart from political leaders.

The Schizophrenia Commission, which was established by Rethink Mental Illness charity, has released a report titled The Abandoned Illness, which highlights too much is spent on secure care - 19% of the mental health budget in England last year.

Anti-austerity protests are expected to disrupt public life and restrict transport links across the continent.

As China's 18th Party Congress draws to a close just one day before the announcement of the country's new leaders, the state-owned news agency has reported that as expected Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang have been elected to the party's Central Committee.

Names of new leaders yet to be formally declared

Larger-than-life member of parliament for Rochdale Cyril Smith sexually abused vulnerable boys at a hostel he helped to found during the 1960s

The Palestinian Authority's bid to gain "observer state status" at the UN set to gain backing from 12 European states.

Moran found guilty of £53,000 expenses scam, but mental collapse could prevent incarceration.