But officers rule out the use of rubber bullets and water cannon in the event of any trouble

A row has broken out over suggestions that a statue should be built in honour of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.

The Metropolitan Police has asked groups planning to demonstrate during or in advance of Margaret Thatcher's funeral to make themselves known to officers so that their "right to protest can be upheld".

The opposition leader Alexei Navalny has said he is preparing for a prison term, a week before a provincial court is due to try him on charges of embezzling more than £300,000 of funds from a timber company.

Ruling family have held on to power in the face of two years of protests inspired by the Arab Spring

Animal rights activists ignore police warnings they might be arrested for 'outraging decency'

When a major pianist tackles the complete cycle of Beethoven sonatas the results are always fascinating. Daniel Barenboim’s Southbank performances in 2008 may have had such startling blemishes that he refused to let Radio 3 broadcast them, but they still glow majestically in the memory.

Police face having to rethink their whole strategy for public demonstrations after judges ruled today that the surveillance they placed a peaceful protester under was unlawful.

Energy giant EDF today dropped a £5m law suit against 21 climate change protesters that shut down the company’s new West Burton gas-fired power station last October.

US Outlook It's depressing to see trouble return to the mineral-rich African state of Guinea.

The main opposition coalition has announced that it will boycott upcoming parliamentary elections – a decision likely to deepen the nation’s political crisis.

Tunisia's new Prime Minister tries to ease tension after opposition leader's murder

The family of radical preacher Abu Qatada has won an injunction preventing protesters from demonstrating outside their home.

The Tunisian President yesterday asked the Interior Minister Ali Larayedh, a hardliner from the main Islamist Ennahda party, to form a government within  two weeks.