POLITICS

Brigade General Hassan Moghaddam, a key figure in Iran's missile programme, was killed, along with 16 other Revolutionary guards in an explosion at a military base Saturday.

The Labour party has changed course on Europe, adopting a policy more consistent with that of the Conservatives rather than a Europhile centre-left party.

Europe is tightening the grip on right-wing violence. German authorities have widened an investigation into an underground neo-Nazi cell, the same day that 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik, right-wing extremist, arrived at a court hearing.

Despite trying to keep a low profile, Dominique Strass-Kahn continues to be in the spotlight after the ex-IMF chief was hit by a new scandal, with sources saying it is all becoming too much for his wife, Anne Sinclair.

Tensions between the Arab states of the Gulf region reached a new high this week-end as Bahrain claimed it had broken up a terrorist group which had allegedly planned a series of attacks on the ministry, the Saudi embassy in Manama and the causeway which links the archipelago state to Saudi Arabia.

The Taliban in Afghanistan have said they have obtained a government security plan for the Loya Jirga, or the grand assembly of leaders, due to open in Kabul this week.

In an interview with International Business Times, Tory Peer and former shadow treasury secretary Lord Flight described the current EU model as corrupt. He offered three possible scenarios for a New Order.

An inquiry into the British press, which could lead to statutory regulation, has begun at the Royal Courts of Justice on Nov. 14.

Two men accused of murdering black teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993 will appear at the Old Bailey on Nov. 14.

Rival militia groups continued to clash over the weekend outside of Tripoli and at least seven fighters have been killed in one of the most violent clash since the death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and the end of the Libyan conflict.

Former EU Commissioner Mario Monti will begin consultations to form a new government of technocrats that could be sworn by Wednesday as Italy is expected to push through a bond sale on Monday of up to of 5-year bonds worth three billion euros.

A panel of MPs has slammed the government for trying to dilute EU air quality standards instead of prioritizing action to cut pollution on British roads.

In an attempt to stabilise the Afghan forces, the UK government will retain some British soldiers after it pulls out combat troops in 2015, said the chief of British defence staff.

Senior Tory MP Patrick Mercer has been accused of slamming Prime Minister David Cameron, calling him a 'despicable creature without any real redeeming features', a newspaper report has claimed.

The U.S. seems to be wary about the security arrangements for the 2102 London Olympics in the wake of the riots in some of the English counties early this year and also the arrests made at the Games site.

An official inquiry led by a judge into the press standards in the wake of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal is set to start on Monday.

Former prime minister Tony Blair has urged eurozone leaders to rally round to arrest the collapse of euro which, he said, would have a catastrophic impact on the EU.

An explosion has rocked Xi'an , capital of north-west China's Shaanxi province, according to reports. Around seven people were killed and 19 others injured, AFP has reported.

On Sunday, the Queen laid a wreath at London's Cenotaph, in the Whitehall, as part of Remembrance Day ceremonies across the UK. Remembrance Day is an annual British and Commonwealth tradition that honors the contribution of soldiers from these nations in past wars and conflicts.

A Channel 4 documentary that is believed to expose hidden truths about the royal family, has incurred the Queen's wrath. According to the documentary, the royal family had systematically shunned the Queen's first cousins, Nerissa and Katherine Bowes Lyon, as they were born with mental disabilities.

Millions of people have entered the UK without undergoing proper background checks through Dover, the country's biggest port, since 2007, it has been reported.

Britain has welcomed the tough stance taken by the Arab League in suspending Syria's membership in the group. At an emergency meeting in Cairo on Saturday, the league decided to exclude Syria from its meetings and to impose economic and political sanctions on its leadership.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has denied reports that injured soldiers could be sacked under a new redundancy plan.

Silvio Berlusconi has resigned as prime minister of Italy ending 17 years of scandal-plagued rule. The streets of Rome burst into celebrations and people were seen rejoicing at the news outside the Quirinale Palace. Some of the placards held by them read: "Berlusconi Game Over".

Hundreds of thousands of people have lined the streets of London to witness the Lord Mayor's Show.

Veteran singer Sir Cliff Richard, "X Factor" star Joe McElderry and Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins will perform for the royal family during the "Festival of Remembrance" 2011 in London, on Saturday night.

The Arab League is holding its emergency meeting on Syria in Cairo Saturday amid intense speculation about the country’s continued membership in the group.

The annual Lord Mayor’s Show will go ahead despite threat of protests by demonstrators, the organisers have said.

Armed Kurdish rebels hijacked a ferry and took 24 people hostage in the Sea of Marmara after it set out in the northwest Turkey on Friday evening, reports have said.