POLITICS

Nigerian officials dismiss US plans to include Boko Haram on its watch list of foreign terrorist organisations.

The inquiry revealed Fred Michel's communications with Jeremy Hunt's aide included 191 phone calls, 158 emails and 799 texts between January 2010 and July 2011.

Violence surged in the streets of Tel Aviv as a 1000-strong protest launch 'pogrom' against African immigrants seeking asylum in Israel.

Opposition leaders Sergei Udaltsov and Alexi Navlny freed after serving 15-day prison sentences for roles in anti-Putin inauguration rally.

Plane reportedly carried nuclear negotiator at the time of Bush administration Joseph Di Trani and current National Security Council advisor to President Barack Obama Sydney Seiler.

Attack took place in tribal region, near Afghan border in North Waziristan, hub of mlitant activity.

Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak says his country would not seek anybody's consent if it perceives the nuclear threat from Iran as real.

EU leaders ask Greece to commit itself to austerity and stay the course on reforms.

Talks focus on threat perception of Tehran's present enrichment-level uranium.

Largest package of military aid to Israel to be discussed at US Senate Committee

Saudi Arabia has pledged $3.25bn in aid to Yemen as fears mount that Al-Qaida is gaining foothold in country.

Britain's prime minister told David Cameron parliament that 600,000 jobs had been created in the private sector since his coalition government took office in May 2010.

Prime minister is rebuked by speaker John Bercow after snapping at 'annoying' shadow chancellor in House of Commons.

Injuring or even killing animal poachers in India's state of Maharashtra will no longer be a crime.

Secret Service boss rejects accusations that his officers' involvement in a prostitution scandal in Colombia has put President Obama's life in danger.

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah called for calm after the kidnapping of 13 Shia Muslims in Syria's northern province of Aleppo.

Egyptians are heading to the polls for their first free presidential elections, 15 months after mass protests ousted former leader Hosni Mubarak.

Egyptians have begun casting their votes to elect the first president since the fall of former leader Hosni Mubarak. The ballot will be the first real presidential election to take place in the country.

David Cameron accused of planning to allow employers to sack people at will, while Andy Coulson and the culture secretary Jeremy Hunt were gifted second chances.

People including common street vendors were brutally beaten and cruelly treated.

Owen Patterson first cabinet minister to reject David Cameron's plans to legalise same-sex marriage.

Business secretary Vince Cable and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg come under attack from Downing Street adviser Adrian Beecroft and private school head.

At the heart of the European Union is a pact that was first formed by two European leaders who were determined to lay to rest for good, the past enmity between their two countries. Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of West Germany from 1949 to 1963, made his first visit to General de Gaulle, the French President and founder of the Fifth Republic, at his home in Colombey-les-Deux Églises in 1958.

To mark the historic occasion, IBTimes UK takes a look at at the Egyptian Revolution in an interview with Nariman Youssef author of the e-book Summer of Unrest: Tahrir - 18 Days of Grace.

New construction at the launch site Musudan-ri appears to be of an Iranian model.

Presidential candidates are ranging from deep-rooted Islamists to radical secularists. People's verdict to set tone for new chapter in country's history as Egyptians head to polls in huge numbers.

Bahraini hunger striker al-Khawaja attends court in a wheelchair and reveals details of his torture by authorities.

Muammar Gaddafi's former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi faces charges in Mauritania for illegally entering the country, a source said.

Egypt's ex-intelligence chief Omar Suleiman warns of a military coup against any Muslim Brotherhood regime.