Elections

Cathal Gilbert looks at 26-year reign of King Mswati III in Swaziland and asks what needs to happen for things to change.

Obama to sign Enhance Security Cooperation Act, giving Israel more firepower and access to US spy satellite images.

PM tries to win back support by offering government roles to opposition MPs in national service row for Orthodox Jews.

The Aurora incident is just the latest in a series of shootings in the US, yet neither political party is prepared to risk making an issue out of gun control.

The 29-year-old Csanad Szegedi is known for his extreme anti-Semitic rhetoric.

Journalist described as the greatest newsreader Britain has ever produced dies aged 84.

Kadima walk-out sparked by dispute over law which exempts ultra-orthodox students from conscription.

Balance of power rests with independents and smaller parties following first free elections in post-Gaddafi era.

Fed chairman Bernanke gives semi-annual 'Humphrey-Hawkins' to US Congress as global growth stalls.

Muslim Brotherhood decision to reconvene dissolved parliament in contravention of fresh court ruling likely to infuriate military.

Egypt's top court confirms its rulings over unconstitutionality of a third of parliament despite president Morsi's claims

Violence disrupts polling in some locations in oil-rich east Libya as the region fears under-representation in the 200-seat assembly that is to be formed.

Incidents of violence have been reported in the eastern city of Benghazi which poses a threat to the electoral process.

As WSOP opens, avid poker tournament and online player Donald Sinclair looks at the evolution of poker, plus the players and the stakes.

Three members of all-girl punk outfit announce hunger strike during court hearing over anti-Putin song.

Four ICC staffers held on spying allegations over visit to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi freed pending trial date.

Institutional Revolutionary Party, which ruled Mexico for decades, is set to return to power after Enrique Pena Nieto triumphs in country's presidential election.

Relations between the military council and the Brotherhood remain tense on the eve of the swearing in of president-elect Mohammed Mursi.

Fresh wave of anti-government and anti-austerity protests sweep across Sudan.

Myanmar delivers strong warning to opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to refrain from name seen as legacy of British colonial rule.

Landmark 'Obamacare' reform keeps the US on a course towards guaranteeing health care for all its citizens.

Restoration of pro-regime assembly brings thousands of demonstrators into Kuwait City's Erada Square to demand parliamentary reforms.

Russian leader urges more commitment to peace process and warns against unilateral actions undermining it.

Hosni Mubarak's premier Ahmed Shafiq leaves Egypt as funding probe opens while Muslim Brotherhood winner gets down to business.

Vassilis Rapanos would have been a key negotiator with EU officials on bailout terms.

Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi: I will be president for all.

Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi secured about 52 percent of votes defeating Mubarak's man Ahmed Shafiq.

Supporters of both Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi and Mubarak's man Ahmed Shafiq are holding demonstrations as the election results are about to be announced.

Aung San Suu Kyi's warm welcome in the UK after years of painful separation was a missed opportunity.

Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Mursi gather in Cairo to protest against expansion of army powers.