French government opens inquiry after widow claims Palestinian leader was poisoned by polonium.
Zafer Çağlayan says Brussels has 'kept Turkey waiting at its door for 50 years' while PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan ignores Europe completely.
Report by Human Rights Watch contradicts earlier claims that late Libya dictator died in firefight.
The Foreign Affairs Committee is to review how UK deals with Bahrain and Saudi Arabia after reports of human rights abuses.
Essam al-Erian and Mohammed el-Beltagy to be scrutinised by prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmud.
Hashtag #unbonjuif, meaning 'good Jew', becomes third most popular among French Twitter users but anti-racist groups threaten to sue users.
More than 700 firefighters tackle toxic spill and try to cool tank containing deadly chemical mix to avoid blast.
37 of Mexico's drug kingpins dead or in legal system but US Drug Enforcement Administration says Mexican methamphetamine still devastating American cities.
Government project aims to 'bolster legitimacy' of West Bank settlements as criticism of Israel mounts.
Turkey repeats calls to UN to build refugee camps in safe area within Syrian borders to ease pressure.
Report by Nadim Human Rights Centre shows human rights abuses continuing under Mursi's rule, with 88 cases of torture by police forces.
Fifty thousand Greeks take to streets in Athens as general strike against biting austerity measures hailed a success.
YouTube owner Google penalised for refusing to pull trailer of Islamophobic film that triggered worldwide protests.
Daughter of prominent activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja sentenced after being arrested five times in four months.
Damascus-based political analyst shot down by snipers after twin blasts rock Syrian capital.
US president condemns controversial film that sparked violence and deaths across Muslim world.
American auctioneers offer collection of propagandist's early letters, before his hatred of Jews and Communism took root.
Sergeants Joseph Chamblin and Edward Deptola also facing court-martial for failing to control junior colleagues in notorious YouTube video.
Rebel brigade says dozens of officers and militia were killed in the blast.
Prominent Rabbi Haim Kanievsky also forbids hardline faithful from selling smartphones to non-Jews
Strike by Israel could trigger World War III, Revolutionary Guards' Brig Gen Amir Ali Hajizadeh warns.
A 27 year-old created a Facebook page that mocked Geron Pastitsios Orthodox Christianity, enraging the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, tweets claim.
Triple arrest prompts concerns that Vietnam is tightening grip on internet freedoms.
The Myanmar pro-democracy opposition leader urges for the release of three Pussy Riot members - but forgets the Rohingya
Iran militant group MEK, given refuge by Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war, removed from US State Department foreign terrorist organisation list.
The Republican hopeful, has 40 percent less Latin voters than Obama, appears suspiciously tanned on Spanish-language broadcast.
Suheir Atassi and ex-SNC chairman Burhan Ghalioun admit internal divisions in the Syrian opposition to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
The militants opened fire on an IDF patrol stationed along the Israel-Egypt border but were killed.
Amnesty and Index on Censorship among 100 NGOs to urge Bahrain to implement reforms after it accepts bulk of UN recommendations.
Ukrainian feminist radical collective stages provocative march through 18th arrondissement to publicise 'boot camp'.