In the northeastern suburbs of Damascus, regime forces killed scores of rebels in an ambush early Sunday.

New global rules to force tax avoiders to “pay their fair share” will be introduced under a 15-point action plan launched by the OECD yesterday.

Don’t I recognise that surname?

Elder daughter of former vice president to challenge sitting Republican Senator Mike Enzi next year

Oh no, what now?

Ahmed Samir Assem, a 26-year-old photojournalist, was one of 51 killed on Monday as he took photos outside the Republican Guard building in Cairo

Foreign Secretary calls for investigation into incident that left at least 40 dead

Richard Nixon managed it, and his party soon returned to power. The lesson from the Cairo coup last week could not have been more different

'Over my dead body!' Dramatic accounts from army, security and Muslim Brotherhood officials

It was what she said (and at what length) that counted, but, in the wake of Texas senator Wendy Davis's marathon 11 hour filibuster this week, what she was wearing has also found itself in the limelight. To whit, a pair of pink, lightweight Mizuno running shoes (RRP $115) have attracted legions of new admirers, satirical and otherwise, on Amazon. Here are some of the top responses:

Arizona has stood out for its passing tough measures to discourage illegal aliens from settling

The political landscape in the United States is set to lose one of its most outspoken  - and polarising - characters with the announcement by Tea Party heroine Michele Bachmann that she will not be seeking re-election to the House of Representatives in her Minnesota constituency in next year’s mid-term elections.

Security sources say they would not be surprised if dissidents were to stage an incident during G8 summit