Politics

TEHRAN — Anti-government protesters took to the streets of the Iranian capital Saturday for the first time in four months, commemorating the anniversary of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed election victory a year ago despite the […] […]

BEIJING—The deputy head of China’s food and drug regulator is being investigated and has been dismissed from his post, a state news agency said Sunday, citing an anti-corruption agency. The move comes three years after […] […]

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip—The Arab world’s top diplomat visited Gaza on Sunday, as part of a growing international push to end a 3-year-old blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory. Arab League chief Amr Moussa’s visit was […] […]

HAVANA—The United States and Cuba have agreed to hold immigration talks in Washington within days, a U.S. official said Saturday, the first since a similar meeting in Havana in February. The talks scheduled for Friday […] […]

BARACK Obama has committed the US to easing Israel’s blockade of Gaza and pledged an extra $US400 million ($477m) in American aid, declaring the present situation is “unsustainable”. Mr Obama used a meeting with Palestinian […] […]

POLISH authorities have arrested at the request of Germany a suspected Mossad agent thought to have played a role in the Dubai assassination of a Hamas commander. “He was arrested in Warsaw and is suspected […] […]

In radical plans being drafted by the Government’s new “poverty czar” Frank Field, child benefit could be taxed and limited to children under 13. Former Labour minister Mr Field said he was looking at the […] […]

Three former MPs and a peer were today told they face trial over expenses fraud allegations after a judge ruled they could not use parliamentary privilege to avoid prosecution. Former Labour MPs Elliot Morley, David […] […]

It has the ingredients of a spy thriller: an American military analyst turned whistleblower; 260,000 classified government documents; and rumours that the world’s most powerful country is hunting a former hacker whom it believes is […] […]

Hong Kong officials have removed an online memorial to Tiananmen Square victims sparking fears of increased censorship in the semi-autonomous region The controversial memorial was set up on a new website which allows citizens to […] […]