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Japan's ruling party promises "cool-headed" diplomacy

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling party vowed on Tuesday to defend the nation's interests with "cool-headed and practical" diplomacy in an election manifesto that sought to portray a contrast with the...

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Mursi opponents rally in Cairo's Tahrir

CAIRO (Reuters) - Opponents of President Mohamed Mursi rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a fifth day on Tuesday, stepping up calls to scrap a decree they say threatens Egypt with a new era of...

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Euro zone, IMF secure deal on cutting Greek debt

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund clinched agreement on reducing Greece's debt on Monday in a breakthrough to release urgently needed loans to keep...

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Leveson beckons: Will Miliband and Clegg team up against Cameron?

There were suspicions of a secret deal between Liberal Democrats and Labour today, after David Cameron was warned he would not necessarily speak for the government over the Leveson report.

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To be a fly on the wall: Dorries faces the chief whip

Nadine Dorries will discover her fate today, when she meets Tory chief whip George Young in a discussion which could decide her political future.

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Chair Of BBC Trust Faces Grilling Over Savile

The chairman of the BBC Trust will face questions from MPs later over the corporation's £450,000 pay-off to former director general George Entwistle.

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Poll: Most Londoners want to leave

Just over half of Londoners would prefer to live outside the capital, a surprising new survey from YouGov revealed today.

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A strange kind of success: Work programme pushes ahead despite 3.5% success rate

The government pledged to plough ahead with its flagship work programme today, despite evidence showing it had a success rate of just 3.53%.

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Baroness Warsi 'failed to register rent of over £5,000'

Former Conservative party chairman Baroness Warsi has been found guilty of failing to declare thousands of pounds worth of rental income by a House of Lords investigation.

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Miliband attacks top-rate tax cut

Ed Miliband said "eye-boggling" figures showing people on seven-figure salaries will benefit from a £107,000 tax cut next year proved the Government was on the wrong track to fix the economy.

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Dorries warned to 'rebuild bridges'

Nadine Dorries has been warned that she must rebuild bridges with her constituents and fellow MPs following her appearance on TV show I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!.

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British flagship work programme a "miserable failure"

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's 5-billion-pound flagship scheme to get the long-term unemployed into work found jobs for fewer than three in every 100 Britons referred to it in its...

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Highlights - BoE officials speak to parliament committee on economy

LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mervyn King and other policymakers spoke to the British parliament's treasury committee about the central bank's quarterly economic outlook on Tuesday....

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Miliband takes on 'the wrong people'

Ed Miliband has pledged to "stand up for the right people, not the wrong people" as he looks to reshape Britain's economy after 2015.

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MPs warn PM over Leveson report

David Cameron faces fresh demands to reject statutory regulation of newspapers as he prepares to take delivery of the Leveson report.

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Canada says still examining options on CNOOC bid

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government is still mulling its options as deadlines near on two proposed foreign takeovers of domestic energy companies, but an official offered no clues on when or how...

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Syria launches air strikes as combat rages in Damascus

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian war planes attacked towns in the country's north and east and killed at least five civilians in a strike on an olive oil press as fighting raged in the capital Damascus on...

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China considers easing family planning rules

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is considering changes to its one-child policy, a former family planning official said, with government advisory bodies drafting proposals in the face of a rapidly ageing...

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MPs warn PM over Leveson report

David Cameron faces fresh demands to reject statutory regulation of newspapers as he prepares to take delivery of the Leveson report.

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Pressure on govt to accept Palestinian statehood

Three-quarters of UK voters back Palestinian claims to be recognised with 'observer status' at the UN, according to a new poll.

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