Elections

Ukip rejects backing from far-right movement ahead of county elections on 2 May.

Manny Pacquiao will make his long awaited return to the ring in September but will wait until May to name an opponent.

Chuck Parnell explores how relative strength of civil society is key to successful political transitions.

Saudi's religious police say women are now allowed to ride bikes and motorbikes.

An electricity plant in Peshawar’s southern Badh Bher suburb has been assaulted by dozens of militants.

Defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga accepts supreme court's verdict, but vows to continue fight.

Asian stocks advance in the week as US economic hopes helped investors to look past eurozone concerns.

Nelson Mandela readmitted to hospital for recurrence of lung infection.

European markets edge higher as Cypriot banks set to reopen after the bailout negotiations

Fascist movement demands military invasion if two marines accused of killing Indian fishermen are sentenced.

Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone at centre of fresh diplomatic dispute between India and Italy.

13 South African soldiers killed, France sends more troops, deposed President Bozize flees country.

Kerry will ask Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to prevent Syria-bound Iranian planes from overflying Iraq.

Warning issued by Islamic militant Adnan Rasheed, who once tried to assassinate Musharraf.

Asian markets pull back as eurozone fears return with concerns of a looming fiscal crisis in Cyprus.

Return follows assurances from India's foreign minister Salman Khurshid.

President eyes outsiders after M5S leader Beppe Grillo favours top job while Berlusconi and Bersani disagree.

Russian activist Irina Yasina questions Putin's decision to beef up his personal security.

EU high representative Catherine Ashton intervenes in case of Italian marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone.

AEK Athens player Giorgos Katidis raised his arm aloft in an apparent fascist salute after scoring a winning goal on Saturday.

The European Union Summit have debated the issues of jobs, growth and spending cuts in the region.

Italian marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone at centre of escalating diplomatic dispute between India and Italy

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to form a government with Yair Lapid, Tzipi Livni and Naftali Bennett

Benchmark indices fall again on grim factory output data and higher Italian borrowing costs.

Iranian President criticised for breaching strict Islamic codes with 'inappropriate' behaviour.

Manmohan Singh says Italy's refusal to return marines facing trial for killing fishermen 'unacceptable'.

Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone at centre of fresh diplomatic dispute between India and Italy.

As French troops and their allies start their tenth week fighting against Muslim militants and terrorists in Northern Mali, opinion in one of the world's poorer countries remains firmly in favour of the intervention by France, the old colonial power, in the country's struggle against the extremists which so nearly brought down the country's government. If the fundamentalists had reached Bamako, the capital, it is more than likely that the victorious Islamists would have imposed the str...

Italian Treasury faces stern test to raise €9bn after surprise GDP revision and Fitch downgrade.

Clegg to block government exit from human rights convention as activist quits over secret courts.