POLITICS

Violence and tensions between Israel and Palestinian militants are taking an alarming turn after Gaza militants launched barrages of rockets into Israel, while Israeli aircraft struck targets in the territory.

Two women from Northern Ireland have been murdered in Turkey, officials have announced.

Medical tests on children living in three towns near the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant revealed a shocking 45 per cent of those surveyed suffered low-level thyroid radiation exposure, Japan's government said in a statement.

Manchester United ltd has applied to the Singapore Exchange for approval to list in the city-state reports have said.

North Korea announced Friday it is ready to resume talks with the U.S. on repatriating the remains of troops killed during the Korean War, after negotiations stalled in 2005 as tensions between the two countries mounted over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.

Teenagers from state schools are more likely to take so called ‘soft subjects’ diminishing their chances for competition for places at the UK’s elite universities.

Fashion retailer Zara is under investigation in Brazil after a local supplier accused it of using slave labour.

A triumphant Anna Hazare walked out of Tihar Jail in Delhi Friday morning and began slowly moving through a crowd toward Ramlila Maidan , a public ground where he promised to wage a hunger strike that is set to last 15 days.

The Daily Mail has reported that there has been an 'astonishing' rise in the number of youngsters studying traditional subjects including Maths and Science and a-level and the rise has been put down to Professor Brain Cox's acclaimed science programmes.

Organisers of Belgium's Pukkelpop festival, who booked headline acts including Eminem, Foo Fighters and the Ting Tings, have cancelled the rest of the event after five people were killed when a stage collapsed Thursday.

The pressures of trying to reclaim City Hall from London Mayor Boris Johnson clearly have got the better of Labour candidate Ken Livingstone.In a bizarre interview, Livingstone has described the mayoral contest as a straight fight between 'good and evil' and has compared himself to Winston Churchill and Boris Johnson to Adolf Hitler.

The British Council in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, came under multiple attacks from militants Friday morning and reports of a blast also emerged.

A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck off the northeast coast of Japan Friday afternoon, triggering a tsunami warning that was later lifted.

Despite an international outcry against violence used by the Syrian forces, President Assad has refused to step down. However a new UN report could now push for the International Criminal Court to react and start an investigation.

A mid-summer downpour caused flash flooding across southern England this afternoon as almost a fortnight's worth of rain fell in just 30 minutes, leaving cars stranded and shops and homes underwater. Bournemouth in Dorset bore the brunt of the deluge, with roads in the popular seaside resort turned into rivers within minutes.

Following months of protest and violence in Syria, where the Assad regime has been accused of launching a brutal crackdown on protesters, President Obama has called for the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, to step down.

The fight for the preservation of the Amazon has been going on for decades, but a new petition fighting against Brazil changing its forest protection laws has been launched online, and has already attracted more than 1 million people.

The FBI has said it will investigate a threat to kill U.S. talk show host David Letterman which was made by a Muslim extremist militant who appeared to call for the comedian's tongue to be cut out.

While Joe Biden's visit to China started off with praise from both camps, the attention has deviated from the political focus towards U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's friendly and chatty attitude, which is apparently not to the taste of some Chinese officials.

Notting Hill Carnival has been given the go-ahead, but with earlier finishing times of 7pm to give crowds time to disperse, reports the Metro.

As Libyan rebels advance on Tripoli, civilians caught in the crossfire are fleeing for their lives.

Tens of thousands of UK students who have not made the grade for their chosen university now face a scramble to get a place at university in September. A Levels Accused of Being ‘Too Easy’ After Records Broken for 29Th Year

India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare agreed to leave prison Thursday after being allowed by the government to continue his widely anticipated hunger strike at a park in central Delhi for at least 15 days.

According to reports in the Telegraph, record numbers of students are set to miss out on their first choice university and will have to go through the pressures of UCAS clearing. The newspaper reports that the University and Admissions Service is braced for its busiest day ever with an estimated 220,000 students competing for only 40,000 university places through the UCAs clearing system.

Former Delaware U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell stormed off the set of "Piers Morgan Tonight" Wednesday night after the talk show host pressed her on her views about gay marriage.

Tens of thousands of UK students who have not made the grade for their chosen university now face a scramble to get a place at university in September.Clearing matches students who have not received any offers, or been turned down by their original choices due to lower than expected grades, to other available courses.

Pope Benedict XVI has received a mitigated welcome in Madrid after protesters took to the streets Wednesday to denounce the cost of a million-strong youth party for Pope Benedict XVI at a time when the country is hit by the economic crisis.

Since it decided to intervene in March, NATO has been fighting in Libya on the rebels side but after months of stagnation, in the last few weeks, the conflict appears to have turned in their favour.

Zimbabwean police have launched an investigation to uncover the cause of the fire that killed one of Zimbabwe's most powerful men, retired General Solomon Mujuru on Tuesday.