POLITICS

Cameron's reshuffle seen as taking Tories further right in gesture to please restless backbenchers.

Contract to buy three of five main islands from private owners may only increase tensions.

US first lady portrays Obama as a caring family man and one who initiated change in the US in run-up to husband's debate with Mitt Romney.

David Gover says that little has really changed in today's reshuffle, and the government remains firmly wedded to austerity.

District governor Hamesha Gul among injured in attack on mourners blamed on Taliban.

Co-owner branded the shop Hitler as tribute to grandfather, and was not aware of Holocaust.

Operation Black Vote claims dumping Warsi and failing to appoint new minority MPs is disastrous move by Cameron.

Daughter and acting president of Bahrain Centre for Human Rights condemns 'international silence' over rights abuses.

Suspected 'price tag' attack on Latrun monastery by right-wing Israeli extremists follows forced evacuation of Migron settlement.

Pakistan interior ministry's secret report warns of plans by Pakistan Taliban to attack twin cities Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer met with the Syrian leader Bashar al- Assad as part of his three day trip today to discuss the protection of the civilian population.

The new broom is sweeping through today, as the cabinet runners and riders find out who is going, staying or moving as part of David Cameron's first major cabinet reshuffle.

David Cameron completes first coalition government cabinet reshuffle amid accusations government lacks strategy.

Senior cabinet ministers expected to be spared but Andrew Lansley and Caroline Spelman at risk.

Assad's regime has made it clear that Brahimi will not succeed unless the outside world stops supporting the rebels.

Steven Hassan, former member of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church and now an advocate of exit counselling, tells IBTimes UK about his time as a 'fanatical Moonie'

Violence erupts at goldmine outside Johannesburg as flames of protest fanned by populist Julius Malema.

More than 25,000 children living in makeshift camps are in danger as violence increases, warns charity War Child.

Fatima Nabeel, first female presenter with headscarf, appears on Egyptian state TV - 50 years after ban imposed.

The healthcare and medical sectors are likely to have some of the highest paying jobs in the future, according to data from American institutions

Former journalist and candidate for Holborn and St Pancras takes over from MP Caroline Lucas.

Natalie Bennett has been elected as the new leader of the Green Party for England and Wales.

PM poised to shuffle cabinet and puts Heathrow options out to review as George Osborne and Justine Greening split over expansion.

Speculation is mounting about an imminent ministerial reshuffle as MPs return for a new parliamentary term. The reshuffle could come as early as tomorrow, and these would be the first major changes to David Cameron's top team.

However key figures including George Osborne, Theresa May, Michael Gove William Hague expected to retain posts.

Self-styled messiah Sun Myung Moon, who set up the Unification Church and became famous for marrying thousands of people in a single ceremony, has died aged 92 of pneumonia.

Bombers target military Army General Staff Headquarters in heart of Damascus.

State funeral for Ethiopia's long-time leader Meles Zenawi will be the country's first in eight decades.

In a joint appeal with the UN refugee agency, Jordan seeks $700m in international assistance to deal with influx of Syrian refugees.