Iranian students staged a noisy protest against President Ahmadinejad yesterday when he arrived at Tehran University to give a speech marking the start of the academic year.
The postal workers´ dispute descended into a war of words today when the head of the Royal Mail accused a trade union of talking “cobblers”.
Most British troops could be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of next year under an exit strategy outlined by Gordon Brown yesterday.
A second inquest into the death of a judge who asked his wife for a divorce 90 minutes before he died in a fireball in his garden shed started today but his widow will not attend.
Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills will try to agree a divorce deal this week at a secret hearing before a High Court judge.
A regional UK pension fund has been appointed to spearhead a US class-action lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), accusing the pharmaceutical giant of misleading the market over its controversial diabetes pill Avandia.
Andrew Witty emerges victorious after a three-way fight to succeed Jean-Pierre Garnier, the present GSK chief, next May
Gordon Brown denied being a ditherer today and insisted that he would have come down against holding a snap general election even if the opinion polls had not suddenly turned against him last week.
U.S. employers added 110,000 new jobs in September and hiring in the two previous months was revised up strongly, the government said on Friday in a report showing a more resilient labor market than previously thought.
A single mother who took a stand against America’s biggest record companies over music piracy was fined $220,000 (£108,000) yesterday.
President Musharraf of Pakistan and Benazir Bhutto finalised a powersharing deal yesterday, paving the way for the exiled former leader to return to her homeland.
Postal services were thrown into chaos yesterday as the Communication Workers Union began the first of two 48-hour strikes. As the strikes, which began at noon yesterday, stretch around the weekend, there will be virtually no service until next Wednesday.
Gordon Brown faces the biggest decision of his political life this weekend after finally clearing the decks today for a snap general election.
Bill Clinton, the former US President, hopes to become a roving ambassador to restore the international reputation of the United States if his wife, Hillary, wins next year’s presidential election.
David Cameron laid out his programme for government yesterday, insisting that he had the personal qualities to lead Britain and issuing a direct challenge to Gordon Brown to call a general election.
In an unprecedented step towards achieving peace on their bitterly divided peninsula, North and South Korea today agreed to end military hostilities and work on a full-fledged peace treaty.
President Sarkozy came under attack for alleged links with high-level corporate sleaze yesterday after one of his closest friends and the chief of the Airbus airliner company were implicated in multimillion-pound insider trading.
The longest Royal Mail strike for 11 years began at midday today when workers walked out after last-minute talks failed to end in agreement.
The Bank of England keeps UK borrowing costs at 5.75 per cent as house price inflation market finally begins to slow.
Lewis Hamilton is under investigation by Formula One officials over his behaviour at the Japanese Grand Prix.
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