(Reuters) - Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a tough survivor who has been in power for more than three decades, said on Wednesday that he would not extend his rule when his current term ends in 2013.

Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s ruling party moved to shore up the coalition government after the withdrawal of its biggest ally left Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani without a majority as he battles the highest inflation in Asia and a Taliban...

Liam Fox, the Defence Secretary, has bitterly attacked his own Whitehall department over the leak of sensitive documents to The Daily Telegraph.

VIEW FROM US: PRESIDENT BARACK Obama’s spokesman Robert Gibbs has expressed confidence the European Union can resolve Ireland’s debt crisis. “We continue to believe, as we did with Greece, that Europe has the ability to deal with the crisis in...

Around a dozen men, who accused British security forces of colluding in their torture overseas, are to get millions in compensation from the UK government.

By Holly Watt 7:00AM GMT 15 Nov 2010 They are letting their second homes and so will not be caught by new rules introduced in the wake of the expenses scandal. In some cases MPs are moving into rented properties while letting out the flats the taxpayer...

Even a monarch needs a little help from time to time – especially when the cost of heating those drafty old palaces spirals past $1.5 million a year. But a request for assistance from a government fund that provides subsidized heating to low-income...

The international community sought to mobilize both greater and more coherent support for Somalia’s beleaguered government and for the African Union peacekeeping force there. The meeting by the UN General Assembly in New York took place as...

More than 600 ancient artifacts that were smuggled out of Iraq, recovered and lost again have been found misplaced among kitchen supplies in storage at the prime minister’s office, the antiquities minister said Monday. The 638 items include...

An exiled Pakistani politician has been murdered outside his home in north London, leaders of his party have said. Imran Farooq, a senior member of the MQM party, is believed to have been attacked in Green Lane, Edgware, on Thursday afternoon. The...