Queen Elizabeth II dies: 1926 - 2022
UK in mourning following offical announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II aged 96, ending her 70 year reign 
Liz Truss is new UK Conservative leader
Truss will be sworn in as the new British Prime Minister on Tuesday
Expat denies involvement in Richmond paedophile ring cover-up

Louis Minster says he’s neither under investigation nor a witness in...

Louis Minster says he’s neither under investigation...

President in Belgium to commemorate First World War

The president will be attending a commemorative ceremony marking one...

The president will be attending a commemorative...

Updated | Ministry denies signing of agreement for Libya to open TV station

Libyan Media and Culture Authority head Omar Al-Guweri claims radio and television stations could start broadcasting from Malta

Libyan Media and Culture Authority head Omar Al-Guweri...

Israel to build 1,000 settler housing units in East Jerusalem

Israeli government to advance construction plans for 1,000 housing units to be...

Israeli government to advance construction plans for 1,000...

Uruguay’s presidential election set to go to runoff

Party of outgoing President Jose Mujica leading in polls but no party expected...

Party of outgoing President Jose Mujica leading in polls...

Tunisian secular party in the lead in historic vote

Tunisia's leading secular party Nidaa Tunis wins more than 80 seats in an...

Tunisia's leading secular party Nidaa Tunis wins more...

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff wins second term in close election

Rousseff won 51.6% of votes in a runoff against centrist opposition leader...

Rousseff won 51.6% of votes in a runoff against centrist...

Italy job reforms: CGIL union organises mass protest

Renzi’s centre-left Democratic Party (PD) is by no means united on the...

Renzi’s centre-left Democratic Party (PD) is by no...

Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko hopes to start coalition talks

Exit polls indicated that President Poroshenko’s bloc, comprising his own...

Exit polls indicated that President Poroshenko’s...

Lebanese army raids homes of Islamic State suspects

The Lebanese army raided homes in Tripoli, Lebanon, of people with alleged...

The Lebanese army raided homes in Tripoli, Lebanon,...

Islamic State pushed back in Iraq

Islamic State troops were pushed back by Kurdish forces in northern Iraq and by Iraqi security forces in southern Iraq. 

Islamic State troops were pushed back by Kurdish forces in...

Ukraine votes for new parliament in snap election

Ukrainians are voting for a new parliament, eight months after the deposition...

Ukrainians are voting for a new parliament, eight months...

Tunisians vote in landmark election

Tunisians are voting for their first full parliament since the 2011 overthrow of authoritarian leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. 

Tunisians are voting for their first full parliament since...

Libyan Army takes control of one of Islamist forces’ largest camps

Gaining control of the camp marked significant progress for the army

Gaining control of the camp marked significant progress for...

Ebola cases reach 10,000 • mortality rate approaching 50%

Death toll rises to 4,922 out of 10,141 known cases globally in eight countries

Death toll rises to 4,922 out of 10,141 known cases...

Google executive sets new skydive record

Google executive Alan Eustace breaks the world altitude record for a parachute jump set two years ago by Felix Baumgartner.

Google executive Alan Eustace breaks the world altitude...

Egypt declares Sinai state of emergency

Egypt declares three-month state of emergency in the north and center of the Sinai Peninsula after a suicide car bombing killed 30 soldiers

Egypt declares three-month state of emergency in the north...

US calls for probe into murder of Palestinian boy by Israeli army

Israeli forces open fire during clashes in the occupied West Bank, killing...

Israeli forces open fire during clashes in the occupied...