Elections

Islamist fighters say summit to release hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild wartorn country 'a waste of effort'.

Blackshirts attack on left-wing activists on streets of Perama leaves nine seriously injured.

Breivik to learn about multiculturalism and human rights as off-campus student.

As autumn draws in, so the political parties gear up for their annual conferences. But they lost all real significance years ago.

GDP contracts at faster rate of 0.3% during second quarter during period of political instability.

Rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party leader Abdullah Ocalan agreed historic ceasefire.

Political editor Nick Assinder says George Osborne's second job as Tory election strategist drove his upbeat economic statement.

TUC general secretary calls for greater role of unions in economy

Russian opposition leader demands recount after election defeat to Kremlin-backed candidate Sergei Sobyanin.

Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid fight it out, but bids by all three contenders are hampered by domestic problems.

Labour's ex-elections coordinator warns that plans to reform union links could threaten chances of election victory.

As world markets wobble over worries the stimulus drip will be turned off, IBTimes UK's Michael Klimes asks if the fear is overblown.

Latest unemployment figures are problem for French President Hollande

Leading indicators suggest that a economic recovery is underway in the eurozone.

Labour heavy hitter gives speech on the plights of the low paid as she marks 2015 elections battle lines.

Contrast between Tunisian Revolution and what has happened in Egypt, Lybia and Syria could not be more stark.

Eight months away from the next elections, Chuck Parnell explores how South Africans are in desperate need of inspirational leadership.

Eurozone's unemployment rate remains at 12.1%, though state-by-state disparities exist.

Inflation at 1.6% for August as jobless levels increased to 2.95 million.

WPP chief Martin Sorrell criticises rivals' Omnicom-Publicis merger over "clunky" structure and organisation.

Leader of controversial Dutch Party for Freedom keen on far-right alliance with counterparts.

Prime minister to be advised on Tory campaign by Sun politics editor Graeme Wilson.

Using election poster as toilet paper breaches two laws under Mugabe's rule.

Republican Bob Woodson says black people at back of the bus behind gays, immigrants, women and environmentalists.

Official data confirmed Germany's 0.7% GDP growth in second quarter as domestic demand lifts.

Nationalist Israeli former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman hits back at Turkish PM for conspiracy remarks.

Soaring price of onions in India leads thieves to drive off with lorryload of vegetable staple.

Former president on conspiracy plot charges over death of populist PM killed in 2007 in Rawalpindi.

Merkel visit scrapped as armed 'stalker' holds police at bay for nine hours

Afghan Taliban backs Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, claiming interim government is a secular puppet of the United States.