POLITICS

Steve Jobs death at the age of 56 brings to an end one of the most pioneering lives in technological history.

Prime Minister David Cameron delivered his Keynote speech yesterday on the last day of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. In it, Cameron appeals for a "can-do optimism" during an "anxious time" for the country's economy.

Sarah Palin has announced she will not run for President in 2012 putting an end to months of speculation about whether or not she would enter the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

British Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox came under fire Wednesday, accused of putting national security at risk. Fox is believed to have let a friend visit the Ministry of Defense by introducing himself as an "adviser to the Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP."

As the Battle for Sirte continues, more and more residents of the city which also is Muammar Gaddafi's birth-place, have started to blame Libya's new transitional government and its Western allies for the death and destruction brought on their city following weeks of fighting.

Catgate, which derived from a Theresa May's claim that a Bolivian immigrant avoided deportation due to his pet cat, has rocked the cabinet and the Home Secretary's credibility, with the judiciary even commenting on the affair.

Samsung Wants iPhone4S Banned in Europe .Samsung wants Apple’s iPhone4S banned in Europe due to a patent infringement the company has announced Wednesday.

Eurozone Crisis in Pictures

Amanda Knox Case: Timeline of Events From 2007 Murder to 2011 Verdict

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has launched a stinging attack on the Zuma government by comparing it to the apartheid regime for its failure to stand up to China.

Consumer Spending Plunge as British GDP Growth Revised Down to 0.1%. Britain’s economic growth in the second quarter of 2011 has been unexpectedly revised down to 0.1 per cent.

The Saudi Arabian government blamed an unnamed foreign power, with rumours pointing to Iran, for instigating trouble in the heavily Shia-populated area around the city of al-Qatif after 14 people were injured in clashes on Monday.

Evidence from celebrities, politicians and relatives of crime victims who allegedly had their phones hacked could be televised as part of the inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal.

With Russia and China vetoing a UN Security Council resolution threatening action against Syria following the deadly and brutal crackdown on protests, cracks within the UN Scecurity Council are becoming more apparent.

Human skulls taken from Namibia by Germany during the colonial period have finally been returned after more than 100 years, but now historians and activists demand that Germany pay reparations for the slaughter of more than 60,000 people.

A day after an Italian court overturned her murder conviction, American student Amanda Knox came home to Seattle Tuesday. Barely able to contain her emotions, she said she felt "overwhelmed" and everything felt like it "wasn't real."

As the relationship between Afghanistan continues to erode, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has arrived in India for talks over strategic security agreements and development aid prompting allegations Afghan is taunting Pakistan by seeking rapprochement with its regional competitor.

The United States Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has openly and bluntly criticised Israel's foreign policy by blaming the Benjamin Netanyahu's government of being partly responsible for its growing isolation in the region.

Following widespread reports of unlawful uses of force by New York Police against Occupy Wall Street protesters, reports have emerged suggesting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned Wall Street to beware future revenge attacks from the hacker collective Anonymous.

Al-Shabab Militants detonated a car bomb in Somalia Tuesday in front of the education ministry in Mogadishu, killing at least 70 people and wounding dozens, according to officials, killing said. Among the dead were students and parents.

Hours after Knox was cleared of Meredith Kercher's murder the media frenzy that surrounded the trial and focused on the American student shows no sign of dying down.

Amanda Knox is free to return to the United States after she and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were cleared by a Perugian court of killing Meredith Kercher late last night.

After winning over the U.S. and the world with his 'Yes we can' slogan, Obama's next presidential campaign announces itself gloomier and harder than its precedent as a new poll suggest a majority of Americans expect him to be a one-term president, only, prompting the president to call himself an 'underdog.'

A hacker took over the Twitter account of Thailand's recently elected prime minister on Sunday, questioning her ability to run the country if she cannot even look after her own tweets.

Amanda Knox, along with her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, may have been acquitted of the murder of Meredith Kercher, but for many, the young American girl remains a bit of a mystery and the British student's death remains unsolved.

Forces of the Libyan transitional government have launched what a frontline commander says is their final assault on the pro-Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte, after a two-day cease-fire.

Following widespread reports suggesting New York police arrested over 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters during their march across Brooklyn Bridge, Anonymous has posted several videos chronicling the event.

Fighting back tears an emotional Amanda Knox told the Italian court that she had nothing to do with the murder of Meredith Kercher as she will now spend the next few hours waiting to see if the jury will acquit her or uphold her 26-year prison sentence.

"Together we will ride out the storm" was the message that Mr Osborne wanted the conference to take away with them. Today George Osborne announced that £805m, savings that were made by cuts in Whitehall, will be made available to help freeze council tax bills in England for another year.