POLITICS

Two million public sector workers are set to walk out on November 30, in some of the biggest strikes Britain has ever seen.

As storm clouds gather over Westminster today, the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, has called for “people to come together” prior to the autumn statement today and the union strikes tomorrow.

Psychiatrists are expected to submit their report on Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik.

Polls have opened for a second day of voting in Egypt's parliamentary elections, the first since former leader Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February 2011.

According to reports, hospitals across Britain are serving foods imported from China and Thailand instead of making patients' meals from local produce. This means that millions of pounds are wasted in the process, says a study by food campaigners, The Soil Association.

The UK is on the brink of a modest recession with months of slow growth, the OECD has warned

Lack of urgent action on the part of the authorities led the riots to spread from London to other parts of the country, the Riots Communities and Victims panel has said.

The singer Charlotte Church told the Leveson Inquiry that constant press intrusion has had a "massive psychological effect" on her life.

The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest and best organised opposition party, until recently seemed poised to take power in the Arab world's most populous country. Where have the uprisings of the last week left the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party?

Syrian officials have rejected the new sanctions imposed on the country by the Arab League and continued to accuse foreign countries of a conspiracy.

Men in prehistoric Europe used to scar, pierce and tattoo their private parts with circles, lines and triangles, mainly for rituals and social reasons, according to a new study.

Pope Benedict XVI will face a lawsuit for not wearing a seatbelt in the Popemobile during his latest visit to Germany, Freiburg municipality has confirmed.

Lebanon's Prime Minister has invited Pope Benedict XVI to visit his country.

The Russian newsreader who was fired after having raised her middle finger at U.S. President Barack Obama during a live broadcast defended herself on Monday, claiming her gesture was not an insult but an indication to the television crew.

Virgin speaks out against the UKBA strikes, while British Airways says they'll create "considerable uncertainty".

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering releasing tens of millions of dollars in Palestinian tax funds, it has been reported.

Julian Assange Monday lashed out at British journalism, calling it a "backstabbing industry" after his whistleblowing website Wikileaks was praised for its "outstanding contribution to journalism" in Australia.

Christopher Jefferies was initially a police suspect in the Joanna Yeates murder case - and faced an onslaught from the press.

Zimbabwean police believe there is a syndicate of women who are raping men to use their semen in rituals that claim to make people wealthy.

As Egyptians vote in parliamentary elections Monday, they also are taking to the Web to report violations and attempted fraud at the polls.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, faces his “toughest ever week”, according newspaper editorials.

As UK Border Agency staff walk out as part of the November 30 strikes over public sector pension reforms, UK airport passengers look set for a day of troublesome travelling.

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the Egyptian nude blogger, was allegedly beaten up by an angry crowd in Tahrir Square, Egyptian TV claims.

The Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) has won Friday's elections in Morocco, taking the most seats in parliament, final polls confirm.

Egyptians are voting in Egypt's first parliamentary elections since the ousting nine month ago of former President Hosni Mubarak.

Wikileaks has postponed the launch of its new online submissions system and has announced that the new website will unveiled on December 1.

The chancellor is expected to say the spending cuts will continue until 2017.

The revelations are a blow to David Cameron's claim to be the "greenest government ever."

Battling the winds at 70mph, the RAF team's helicopter hovered over one of the liferafts and winched the men and pulled them safely.