Moves to impose a Western-brokered ceasefire in Syria have collapsed after president Bashar al-Assad insisted the opposition be forced to obey the ceasefire too.
The queen has invited the king of Bahrain to her Jubilee jamboree.
Egypt’s first presidential elections since the revolution that toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak will begin on 23 May.
There will be no jury hearing to decide whether George Zimmerman, the man who shot black teenager Trayvon Martin in February, should face charges.
A 77 year old pensioner shot himself dead in the main public square in Athens today, Wednesday.
The revolution in Syria has faced a brutal month as the military crackdown on cities and towns reaches increasingly bloody levels.
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi could be set to join the government.
Our angry, gigantic general strike across the Spanish state last week was a new step forward in the fight against austerity in Europe.
Many of Europe’s key Nazis and Islamophobes gathered in Aarhus, Denmark, on Saturday of last week.
Some 10,000 people protested against a 100 euro household charge in Ireland last Saturday.
The Zimbabwe Six have had their appeal against their sentence of community service rejected.
Interviews and reports from bus workers and other strikers.
