Israel’s cabinet today approved a new national priorities plan, which will see preferential funding going to outposts in the occupied West Bank, which just a few months ago, even the Israel government considered to be illegal.

From the City: We have had a dry run for this great debate in the one about the adoption of the euro

Robert Mugabe has blatantly cheated his electorate, and once again there is little anyone can do to prevent his seventh term in office

The moderate cleric becomes president of Iran after receiving endorsement from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Opponents claim  Zanu-PF conned its way to power – rather than taking it by force

The former deputy chief of staff at the White House was once described as the 'most powerful person in Washington you’ve never heard of'

Thousands have gathered in two Muslim Brotherhood camps despite warnings to abandon the protest

Opposition party says it does not rule out 'demonstrations and mass action' after process which it calls 'null and void'

For black British citizens who were born and raised in this land, to be stopped indiscriminately when going about their daily business is the ultimate humiliation

US tech giant's cloud service storage will be renamed after a "transition period"

Stronger exports helped the manufacturing sector record its best performance for more than two years in July as its recovery gathered pace.

Unemployment in the eurozone fell for the first time in two years in June, but City analysts warned that the single currency's economic problems were far from resolved.

Balkan state keen to recruit French  politician to aid its ailing economy

Almost 300 people have been killed in weeks of violence since the army deposed the former president