POLITICS

The trial of Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of former Libyan dictator Col. Moammar Gadhafi, is expected to begin in a few weeks, according to reports by the country's National Transitional Council (NTC).

Music video by M.I.A. showing a crowd of Arab-dressed women driving cars and dancing across the desert has gone viral on Twitter.

Homer Simpson and family join growing blacklist of dolls and toys to prevent spread of Western ideas in Iran.

The former dictator of Panama, Manuel Noriega, who was overthrown in 1989 in what was then the largest American military action since the Vietnam War, was moved from his prison cell to a public hospital on Sunday, after suffering from extreme hypertension.

Focus on Islamic extremism may have left door open for extreme right-wing to slip through security radar, says select committee of MPs.

Nineteen of the 43 aid workers facing trial in Egypt are from the US and another 10 are from outside Egypt.

According to a report in the Telegraph, about a year ago, the Indian government said they wished to "voluntarily" give up aid from the UK, worth approximately £280 million a year. The Mirror quotes unnamed Indian ministers as saying the aid was "peanuts".

Saudi women driver takes to courts to open new front in lifting ban on women drivers after king says no to prosecutions.

Mimi Alford, 69, claims John F Kennedy took her virginity, watched her perform sex acts with aide and made her take drugs.

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's troops shell neighbourhoods in Homs but support fades for regime with Alawite community condemning the killings.

Hacker cell of Anonymous renews DDoS campaign against Egyptian authorities after allegations of police violence against protesters re-emerge.

In a move to oppose the controversial tax levied on carbon emissions by the European Union (EU), the Chinese Government has announced it has barred its airlines from complying with the guidelines.

Speaking at the 48th Munich Security Conference in Germany, on Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said Europe and Washington D.C. must work together to recover from the ongoing crisis and reassured European nations the U.S. would not turn away from the continent. The last point comes in the wake of U.S. President Barack Obama's focus on Asia.

Though the government denied any involvement in the violence, there was a war-like atmosphere in the city, according to civil rights groups.

There are reports of protests in front of Syrian embassies in the UK, US, Spain, Sweden and Cairo.

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk halted the ratification process of an international copyright agreement, claiming more analysis was needed to the treaty.

Ed Miliband, who has endured two months of torrid stick from the press, supporters, unions and even family, may have just woken up.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ups rhetoric against Israel and US.

Two days after Egypt's worst football disaster, violent clashes between protesters and security forces erupted in Cairo and Suez.

Thirty years after the Hama massacre, Bashar al-Assad continues regime crackdown on protesters but rights groups claim children are increasingly targeted.

Continuing its F**k FBI Friday rampage, Anonymous hackers have hit Boston law enforcement, defacing the police force's website.

Russia and the US set to clash at the Munich Security Conference over the controversial European missile defence system.

Tour bus attacked in daring raid just days after 25 kidnapped Chinese workers released by Egyptian Bedouins.

At least 30 people were injured in clashes in Tiret, Algeria, after the funeral of a man who set himself on fire, prompting speculation the country could be following in the footstep of Tunisia.

Anonymous' hackers accessed the website of Greece's justice ministry, posting a message of protest against the EU and IMF-inspired austerity policies.

How much money did each of us make in 2011? The chances are, no matter how much each of thought we made, it would have been peanuts compared to the big bucks that CEOs, Presidents of the Board and company Directors would have pocketed! Then consider the fact that median annual wages in the U.S. fell (for 2010) to $26, 364 (the lowest since 1999) and average wages in the UK (for 2011) were £25,900 (a miniscule ...

Iran launchs satellite into orbit, raising concern over its military ambitions.

Argentinian media surprised by Prince William's arrival in Falklands as 30th anniversary of conflict approaches.

Jewellery, cash, artworks and other valuables will be stolen as soon as stricken cruise liner cleared of corpses, say experts.