POLITICS

North Korean dynasty rocked by brotherly squabbles after Kim Jong-nam slams old and new regimes and warns against military power.

Rescue squads have blown a series of holes in the body of the stricken liner Costa Concordia as local officials have raised the tally of missing people from 16 to 29.

Ed Miliband's ailing leadership takes another hit as Unite's Len McCluskey claims Labour heading for 'electoral disaster'.

CloudFlare has introduced a 'Stop Censorship' app in its bid to support the anti-piracy campaign with the likes of Wikipedia, Reddit and Cheezburger.

Sister of cruise ship's chief waiter posts on Facebook that liner 'about to sail closer' to Giglio island moments before it sank.

Egypt's former presidential hopeful and Nobel prizewinner vows to continue fight for revolution.

Two main Syrian opposition groups say they have a new weapon against the Assad regime: a "hotline".

A Bahraini woman has committed suicide in protest against government's crackdown on demonstrators in the country.

The suggestion that the public should but the Queen a new £60m yacht for her Diamond Jubilee has been criticised by the Prime Minister and Nick Clegg.

Iranian officials continue to remain defiant with a senior commander saying that the US lacks the capability to hinder Iran's efforts to shut down the Strait of Hormuz.

In 1955, the Scottish Unionist Party, later to be renamed the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party in 1965 and simply the Scottish Conservative Party by 1977, won 50.1 per cent of the vote and 36 of 71 Scottish Westminster Parliamentary seats at the General Election on 26 May of that year, with Sir Anthony Eden, the Conservative Prime Minister, increasing the Party's overall majority in the House of Commons.

Syria: bloodshed and defections continue and prompt Arab League to consider sending troops.

Google is under fire from News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch with accusations of profiting from advertisements sponsored for pirated materials.

Witnesses claim Captain Francesco Schettino wanted to show the island to a Giglio native, saying "Look, there's your island".

The Labour leader said it was "a hard choice," but when the choice was between protecting jobs or giving wage hikes, it was "absolutely right to prioritise employment."

Assad has issued several amnesties since March, but it is believed that thousands of political activists still remain detained.

Nationalist Party leader Ma Ying-jeou has reportedly got about 53 percent of votes against his nearest rival Tsai Ing-wen of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, who won 45 percent of votes.

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls suggested that generating more jobs should come before higher pay for those who are already employed.

The visit would be keenly observed as the US is mounting pressure on major countries to boycott Iran oil.

The case stems from a criminal suit filed by Vinay Ray, a Delhi-based journalist, claiming that some of these websites flaunt "blasphemous and derogatory" material which may even derail the communal harmony in the country.

Punishments of six months labour camps are apparently given to those who did not attend the orchestrated crying sessions or did not seem genuine at the organised crying events.

As the threat of the US Stop Online Piract Act looms, Sheffield Hallam student Richard O'Dwyer faces extradition over copyright infringement allegations.

Marine Le Pen, the French far-right presidential candidate has criticised Qatar, saying the Gulf state plays a "double game" investing in Muslim areas.

Piracy off the coast of Somalia has led to economic surge in some parts of the country, with ransoms delivering development to the state, according to a report by Chatham House, the UK think-tank.

Opinion: Republican Lamar Smith, author of a US bill to stop online piracy, seems to be guilty of the very crime he is trying to legislate against.

With Stratfor's website back online security experts have issued statements attacking the Anonymous collective, suggesting its "hacktivist" antics are doing more harm than good, hurting the very people it claims to represent.

A Chinese company has started the first training programme for female bodyguards in China.

Jacket made popular by India's Jawaharlal Nehru listed as one of biggest global political statements.

Burma has released 651 high-profile activists under a presidential pardon in a bid to boost reforms needed to end the country's long-standing isolation in the international community.