POLITICS

As the Occupy London movement looks sets to continue in the courts, critics are suggesting that the protesters simply pack up and go home. But can a protester take this argument to Parliament by becoming an MP?

Gay activists have spoken out against a Russian bill to outlaw "propaganda of homosexuality" to minors.

Russian prime minister, Vladamir Putin, was greeted with whistles and boos on live television as he congratulated Russian heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko after beating American Jeff Monson in a mixed martial arts bout.

The King of Swaziland has thrown his 12th wife out of his royal palace following claims she had an affair with his close friend.

Having fought an election campaign for six months on a bitter message of austerity, the new Spanish Prime Minister and leader of the Popular Party, Mariano Rajoy, now faces the difficult part.

The parents of Milly Dowler have given their emotional evidence to the Leveson Inquiry.

Last week,China's National Bureau of Statistics released the welcome news that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) year-on-year rate of inflation to October 2011 had fallen to 5.5 per cent, markedly down from September's 6.1 per cent. The CPI had peaked at 6.5 per cent in July 2011.

For many, the death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, will confirm the end of an era. For Safia, 22, however, the woman who claims the dictator raped her for five years, the shadow of the colonel will haunt her forever.

In an interview with CNN International, Egyptian blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy explained the reasons behind her bold move to post nude pictures of herself on Twitter.

While the Syrian National Council has released a document setting out plans for a transitional phase if the Assad regime falls, the armed opposition, the Free Syria Army, is gaining popularity.

In what seems eerily like a replay of February's revolution, protesters in Egypt have set up camp in Tahrir square to call for regime change. The images and videos emerging from the demonstration show violence has once again gripped the country.

Dozens of Israeli women have posed naked in support of Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the Egyptian blogger who sparked fury in the Arab world last week when she published a series of nude pictures of herself on Twitter under her real name in a protest against Islamism.

According to a report compiled by Arup Consulting and the RAC Foundation, as many as four million cars will be added to British roads over the next 25 years. The forecast has raised concerns over environmental impacts, as well as the need to improve existing road networks.

Week two of the Leveson Inquiry will hear explosive evidence from victims of press intrusion.

The officers are recovering from their injuries, police said.

The international community is seeking a fair trial for Saif Al-Islam.

A media report on Sunday revealed that the organisers of the 2012 London Olympic Games will, in a gesture designed to promote the country’s multi-cultural stance, allow Sikh athletes and spectators to wear ceremonial daggers.

The proposed welfare reform bill envisages limiting the benefit claim by the families to £500 a week.

The protesters were mostly Islamists who are campaigning against a draft constitution which, they say, would invest too much of power with the armed forces.

The British Justice Secretary is hopeful of reaching an agreement where European Court of Human Rights would be barred from overruling UK judges on immigration cases.

Two British terror suspects have been reportedly killed in an attack by U.S. military drones, on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

Employees on long-term sick leave have to be assessed by independent doctors on their fitness to work instead of general practitioners, according to a new government proposal.

A resolution has urged Iran to intensify dialogue with the U.N's nuclear watchdog.

A new research from the Migration Watch reveals that more than 90 percent of immigrants to the UK live in England making it the most crowded nation after Bangladesh, Taiwan, South Korea, Lebanon and Rwanda.

Alec Owens was asked to hand over the statement he has prepared for Lord Justice Leveson’s inquiry, it has been reported.

The new expose questions the Scotland Yard's version of the episode.

William Hague is scheduled to meet Syrian opposition leaders in London next week to discuss the current situation in the Arab nation.

The 20-year-old activist and student at the American University in Cairo made the headlines this week for a series of naked pictures that she published on Twitter under her real name in a protest against Islamic extremism. Her move sparked a heated debate on twitter. Some praised her move, while others left outraged comments.

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the blogger who posted nude pictures of herself on a blog in a protest against Islamism, is gaining support from expat Egyptians and Arab commentators in Western countries alike, while facing backlash and furious criticism among liberals inside the country.