UK and Spain press Morocco on Sahara raid
Britain has called for an end to violence in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, after a raid on Monday by Moroccan security forces on a…
View ArticleOrgans taken from the poor to sell to the rich
Seven people have been indicted in Kosovo in connection with the illegal trade of human organs. The seven include doctors and a health official.…
View ArticleJury out on G20 success
The G20 summit in Seoul, South Korea, is over, but what have the leaders of the world's leading and emerging economies actually achieved? Not much…
View ArticleAwaiting Suu Kyi's freedom
They waited patiently all day in their hundreds outside her party headquarters and her house. But as Friday drew to a close, there was still no…
View ArticleUN's grim forcast for Haiti
The latest estimate from the United Nations is that as many as 200,000 Haitians could contract cholera - and the organisation has launched a…
View ArticleUN urges greater cooperation in Kosovo
Ethnic relations in Kosovo appear to be deteriorating and could ignite wider violence. That is the conclusion of a report from the United Nations…
View ArticleAfghan violence marks anniversary of Taliban's downfall
Afghanistan has been hit by a fresh wave of violence, nine years to the day since the fall of the Taliban. Security forces say they have thwarted a…
View ArticleGovernment cuts target Italy's culture budget
There are fears that many of Italy's historic treasures could go to rack and ruin because of large scale government cuts. Some 300 million euros…
View ArticleDignitaries honour the influential Magna Carta
The Magna Carta, the world's most "influential secular document" is closing in on it's 800th anniversary. Lord Tom McNally, Minister of State for…
View ArticleAPEC leaders meet in Japan
Another day, another summit. But after widespread criticism of the G20's watered-down commitments in Seoul, can the Asia-Pacific Economic…
View ArticleMyanmar's Suu Kyi is released from house arrest
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is free. Police removed barricades from outside her home as hundreds of supporters gathered to…
View ArticleMyanmar's Suu Kyi is freed from house arrest
Pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been freed from seven years of house arrest by Myanmar's military rulers. She greeted the more than 1,000…
View ArticleMyanmar's pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi is freed
Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is free for the first time in seven years. And, as the opposition leader emerged from the home that…
View ArticlePeru presents footage of hidden Amazon tribe
Could a lost tribe still be untouched by civilisation in the 21st century? Yes, say authorities in Peru who have released footage of what is…
View ArticleAfghan violence on anniversary of Taliban's fall
A bomb hidden on a motorbike has killed at least 10 people, three of them children, in a crowded market in Afghanistan. Most of those who died in…
View ArticleJapan moves to ease neighbourly tension
China and Japan have used the APEC summit in Yokohama to try to break the ice in relations that have chilled markedly in recent months. The meeting…
View ArticleObama in exports warning to Asian countries
Tensions between the world's largest economies have re-emerged in Japan, playing host to the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum. After…
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