
FOREIGN POLICY
Russia poses rising threat to UK: MI5
Russia poses an increasing threat to the stability of the UK, says the MI5 director general.

Russia poses an increasing threat to the stability of the UK, says the MI5 director general.

The Lebanese Resistance movement Hezbollah congratulates Michel Aoun over his election as Lebanon’s new president.

Former Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger finally returned to training with Manchester United’s first team.

Marcos Baghdatis, Fernando Verdasco and Paolo Lorenzi have progressed into the second round of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event.

Donald Trump has warned of a "constitutional crisis" should his rival Hillary Clinton win the White House in the 2016 vote.

Saudi Arabia sacks veteran finance minister amid struggles to curb the kingdom’s severe economic problems.

Militants in Syria’s Aleppo are flouting the rules of international humanitarian law, says a human rights group.

US top diplomat Tom Shannon and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have held a meeting in the capital Caracas.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says the 2016 vote is "downright embarrassing", and has made his job more difficult.

Counter Terrorism Service forces fight their way into the city for the first time since it was overran by Daesh in 2014.

The FBI was involved in “rigging the game” for Clinton, but after finding out that Trump is winning, it decided to reopen the investigation into her emails.

Iran and China have finalized an agreement which allows Chinese traders to use the Iranian territory for exports to Europe as envisaged in an ambitious plan by Beijing named the New Silk Road initiative.

NATO is holding military exercises in Montenegro while Russian troops will participate in war games in Serbia at approximately the same time.

The UN humanitarian chief says 21.2 million Yemeni people need some form of humanitarian assistance.

The UN chief welcomes the election of a president in Lebanon.

Iran has restarted exports of natural gas to Turkey that had been halted since last Thursday as a result of a “technical problem” .

The Iranian foreign minister says Iran is resolved to develop relations with African countries, particularly Niger.

A Bosnian court has sentenced seven people to a total of more than 12 years in jail for joining the Deash Takfiri militant group.