Islamist Mohamed Morsy of the Muslim Brotherhood was declared Egypt’s first democratic president by the state election committee, which said he had defeated former general Ahmed Shafik with 51.7% of last weekend’s run-off vote.

AS a cash-strapped Europe scrambles to woo China’s support for a financial rescue package, human rights groups and dissidents are warning that in taking such help, the West will sacrifice some leverage over China.

MUAMMAR GADDAFI’S death means a long and complex trial that could have divided Libya and embarrassed Western governments and oil firms will be avoided.

HAVE the Brits finally become European, a discussion paper by the European Council on Foreign Relations think-tank asked last week?

A landmark European peacekeeping mission had to be funded by a whip-round of staff and a loan from a British ambassador’s entertainment budget, a damning report on Europe’s joint defence efforts revealed today.