A British court has agreed to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden where he is accused of sex crimes, dismissing claims such a move would breach his human rights Read the full story

Alastair Campbell was involved in an extraordinary on-air row after Sky News political editor Adam Boulton accused him of not ‘actually caring’ about the country. Read the full story

Israel is yet to replace a diplomat expelled after forged British passports were used in the killing of a Hamas leader, it has emerged. Read the full story

The UK government needs to be “less deferential” towards the US and more willing to say no to Washington, a group of MPs have said, the Commons Foreign Affairs committee also said it was wrong to speak of “the special relationship” with the US, as it was fostering other alliances. Read the full story

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez says the British should be shameful for its continued colonization of the Malvinas Islands, also known as the Falklands. Read the full story

British diplomats have expressed serious concerns to the US State Department at least three times over Washington’s response to the latest dispute over the Falkland Islands, The Times has learnt. Read the full story

A Teesside woman who had sex almost 200 times with a 12-year-old boy has been jailed for nine years. Read the full story

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has slammed the US and the UK for their ‘oil hunger’ that has sparked tensions over drilling plans near the Falklands or Las Malvinas. Read the full story

The UN nuclear watchdog has expressed concern that Iran may currently be trying to develop a nuclear payload for a missile. Read the full story

An 11-member hit squad carrying European passports was responsible for killing a Hamas commander in his hotel room last month in a slaying that has brought vows of revenge from the Palestinian militant group, Dubai’s police chief said Monday. Read the full story

The student released after one of his terrorism convictions was quashed says he looked at bomb-making videos only to find out “the other side of the story”. Read the full story

Cowardly Tony Blair is set to mount a spirited defence when he is questioned in public for the first time about his decision to take the UK to war against Iraq. He will be questioned at the Iraq war inquiry for six hours on the build-up to the 2003 invasion and its aftermath. Read the full story

Once again, China and India are high on the agenda at the World Economic Forum. But something is different. Once they were seen as promising markets – China as workbench and India as services provider – for Western companies. Read the full story

Gordon Brown’s election strategy was dealt a further blow today after the boss of the world’s biggest bond house warned investors to avoid the UK economy. Read the full story

The UK has officially emerged from its longest and deepest recession on record, with figures showing the economy grew by 0.1% in the last quarter of 2009. Read the full story

A paedophile who groomed and abused young girls has been told that he will spend a “considerable” time behind bars. Wayne Baker, 60, lured girls as young as 14 into prostitution, Newport Crown Court heard Read the full story

Two companies linked to two former aides of retired President Moi caused a diplomatic row between Kenya and Britain when they froze accounts and assets belonging to Kenya in the United Kingdom three weeks ago. Read the full story

The UK raised its terror threat level from “substantial” to “severe” on Friday, meaning a terrorist attack is considered highly likely. The threat level had stood at “substantial” — indicating a strong possibility of an attack — since July. Read the full story