POLITICS

Justice secretary supports Conservative co-chairman, Baroness Warsi, who is under fire over business and expenses disclosures.

US and Russian representatives are to meet shortly in Moscow to reportedly work out a transition process.

Erdogan tells World Economic Forum stalemate is single biggest problem to peace and stability in region.

US president says his administration is more attentive to Israelis when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Appointment follows mass expulsion of Western diplomats in tit-for-tat row amid ongoing violence.

British ambassador Simon Collis and the US envoy Robert Ford are among those declared “persona non grata” by the Syrian government.

China asks US embassy to stop publishing the air pollution levels of Beijing.

Abu Yahya al-Libi, the al-Qaida's deputy leader, reportedly the target of recent drone attacks.

Differences over pricing between Russia, the world's largest energy producer, and China, the largest energy consumer, persist.

South Korea's Ministry of Unification says the country is still ready for dialogues with North Korea, if it abandons the provocations.

Israel already bought three submarines from Germany while three are in the pipeline capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

Seoul is ready for dialogues with North Korea, if it abandons provocations, says a senior South Korean governmental official.

The attack is the third in the past three days and seventh such strike within the past two weeks in the same region.

EU officials are likely to put more pressure on Putin for tougher actions against Syria.

It may sound as a fairy tale, but it happened in reality for the 19 year old Venezuelan girl, who was rewarded with a house by President Hugo Chavez - and the reason? She became his three millionth follower on the social networking site Twitter!

Assad blames the 'outside forces' for the current Syrian crisis and largely defended the regime.

Iran says all the US bases in the region are within the range of its missiles and warned they would be attacked.

Angry crowds gathered at the Tahrir Square in protest of the court verdict acquitting Hosni Mubarak's top aides and sons.

The stockpile of chemical weapons in Syria could be a threat to world nations if it reaches wrong hands.

Former Egyptian President and his interior minister, both sentenced for life. Supporters protest in court.

Hosni Mubarak, first Arab leader to be tried in person, awaits a court verdict on his actions during the 2011 uprising.

Russia continues to extend support to Syrian regime as western nations insist on tougher sanctions.

International Committee of Red Cross warns of humanitarian crisis facing thousands who fled Houla massacre and urge help.

Head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Commander Mohammad Ali Jafari, visits three disputed islands in Persian Gulf, in act of defiance likely to anger United Arab Emirates, which also claims sovereignty over them.

Ireland, which held the only popular vote on the new EU treaty, has voted for the new set of deficit rules in a referendum.

Gunmen order workers off bus before robbing, shooting and mutilating them, say anti-regime forces.

Supporters of France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen accused of distributing fake pamphlets in Arabic to smear radical left opponent Jean-Luc Melenchon.

Vulnerable children increasingly targeted by people-smugglers in Ugandan cities for sale to human organ harvesters, minister warns

Foreign secretary warns that military option in Syria is on the table amid warnings of 'catastrophic' civil war.