Elections

The results may not have any direct bearing on Iran’s nuclear programme or its position on many international issues, but are expected to increase the decibel level against Ahmadinejad and his chances of getting elected in next year’s presidential elections.

Prime Minister and Russian presidential candidate Vladmir Putin expects majority of people will support him.

Presidential frontrunner expected to receive majority support of Jewish community in election.

Candidates aligned with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expected to do well at ballot box.

Britain looks to turn its London Underground commuter service automated by the end of this decade, drawing stiff opposition from staff unions.

Prime Minister warns opposition parties against anticipating fradulent outcome.

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad increasingly isolated after former allies distance themselves.

Anonymous collective joins forces with Occupy to pressure political supporters of online censorship.

Pro-reform protesters amass for anniversary of mass protests that left 16 people dead and say nothing has changed.

Candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotoh in hospital with concussion after attack by masked gunmen.

Ten of thousands of pro-Putin supporters turn out en masse to march through streets of Moscow.

Youth groups warn 20,000 activists will patrol streets as warning to opponents of Vladimir Putin.

Collective repeats attack on Greek website after three hackers arrested..

International Red Cross asks Syrian regime and rebels to observe daily ceasefires to allow aid through to Homs.

Prime minister's support of Sarkozy presidential candidacy is interference in French internal affairs, say critics.

Zimbabwe dictator celebrates 88th birthday by shrugging off more rumours about poor health.

Finance ministers finally thrash out agreement to shore up Greece and bolster shaken currency market.

On Feb. 20, the world will take a minute out of their schedules... to acknowledge the difference John Glenn has made to their lives five decades ago.

Four Iranian scientists, killed in mysterious circumstances, honoured by president in run-up to elections.

Iran Goes Nuclear: Timeline of Islamic Nation’s Progress

Human rights groups file case at the South African high court alleging Zimbabwean officials complicit in torture.

The scandal that broke more than a decade ago is back. Details of the entire affair involving former U.S. President Bill Clinton and the woman he had an affair with, Monica Lewinsky, will be part of a Public Broadcasting Service (PCS) documentary to be aired both in the U.S. and the UK, on Feb. 20 and Feb. 21.

Anonymous's Romanian cell has announced that it will release a number of files taken during a recent cyber raid on the country's spy agencies.

Day of Rage unnerves Iran regime as it cuts off internet access to Facebook, YouTube and Google.

IBTimes UK looks at the main players in the growing movement for greater political freedoms in Saudi Arabia's tiny island neighbour.

Discrimination against the majority Shia population is fuelling resentment against Bahrain's regime, explains opposition spokesman Ali Alaswad.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and the Islamic militant group Hamas have taken another step towards reconciliation, bringing the prospect of a Hamas-Fatah unity government even closer.

BBC Persian Service, banned in Iran, target of crackdown.

The former dictator of Panama, Manuel Noriega, who was overthrown in 1989 in what was then the largest American military action since the Vietnam War, was moved from his prison cell to a public hospital on Sunday, after suffering from extreme hypertension.

At least 30 people were injured in clashes in Tiret, Algeria, after the funeral of a man who set himself on fire, prompting speculation the country could be following in the footstep of Tunisia.