POLITICS

World is just watching us die, say angry activists trapped in besieged city.

Falkirk MP fined £3,000 and banned from pubs for three months after House of Commons brawl.

Russia adds to claims Syrian troops facing foreign fighters with 'unambiguous fact' of al-Qaida involvement.

Department of Health ordered to publish assessment of proposed reforms under freedom of information laws.

Israeli president jokes: 'Jews are people of the Facebook'.

Bahraini opposition calls for mass pro-democracy protests to show they represent more than just a small minority.

Campaign group 38 Degrees enlists doctor in mass publicity campaign to force David Cameron to drop health bill.

NGO Invisible Children's Kony 2012 campaign faces backlash amid accusations of misinformation and lack of transparency.

Italian anger over failed rescue bid of engineers Chris McManus and Franco Lamolinara kidnapped in Nigeria 'disingenuous', says Whitehall.

Falkirk MP entered guilty plea for four counts of assault

Pickles expressed concern over immigrants not speaking English. According to him, poor speakers could remain jobless or end up in ghettos.

As France gears up for presidential elections incumbent may follow in Tony Blair's footsteps and use political and business network to make his fortune.

While Italians are saying they were kept in the dark about the mission, Downing Street says they were kept in the loop.

Turkish government steps up criticism of Syrian regime, amid fears that Assad is using Kurdistan Worker's Party as terror tool.

Italian PM skips TV appareance to have lunch with newly elected Vladimir Putin

Semi-naked Ukrainian feminist activists stage domestic violence protest outside Hagia Sophia.

YouGov survey shows that most Britons do not think the Occupy London protests achieved anything.

Pakistan has charged Osama bin Laden's three widows with illegally entering and living in the country.

Nigerian government pledges to open talks with Islamist terror sect in return for end to violence.

Foreign secretary not ruling out military action against the country but prefers peaceful solution to standoff.

More than 500 pupils in South Africa stoned to death two robbers who were part of a gang that had attacked their school armed with guns.

Iranian female activist condemns Nude Revolutionary Calendar released for International Women's Day.

South Africa has apologised to Nigeria for deporting 125 Nigerians from the country over their yellow fever vaccination cards.

Harvard Law School professor Derrick Bell backed by future US president over campaign for fair deal for black academics.

Deadly explosion on routine patrol takes death toll of UK military personnel killed in Afghanistan to over 400.

Britain could be awash with economic refugees if eurozone collapses and EU descends into social and political turmoil, says MPs and peers group.

Amnesty International has called on Asma Al-Assad, wife of embattled Syrian president, to take stand and condemn regime's human rights violations.

Rebel army increases village raids in Democratic Republic of the Congo's Orientale province.

A Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar has been published to mark International Women's Day, an homage to Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the controversial Egyptian nude blogger.