North Korea – a beginner’s guide
North Korea is prone to extreme rhetoric, so should current threats be a matter for concern, and how did we get to this current impasse anyway?
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UN inspectors prepare to visit the site of last week’s suspected chemical weapon attack outside Damascus, as President Bashar al-Assad warns that any US intervention will fail.
Britain and the US have been moved to strong words against last week’s suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria, but what should be their objectives if pushed into military action?
William Hague says the British government believes that Bashar al-Assad’s government is responsible for the “terrible atrocity” of a chemical weapons attack in Damascus.
People across the UK turned into amateur astronomers on Monday night as they looked out for the “shooting stars” created by material falling from the tail of Comet Swift-Tuttle.
A magistrate rules that honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani should be extradited to South Africa to face trial over his wife’s death.
Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan, celebrates her 16th birthday at the United Nations, appealing for compulsory free schooling for all children.
Clerics warn of a “civil war”, and the army says it may have to intervene, as opponents and supporters of President Mohamed Mursi clash violently across Egypt.
Julia Gillard has been ousted as Australian prime minister by rival Kevin Rudd, just three years after she toppled Rudd in a similar fashion.
The UK and France are prepared to supply weapons to those fighting to overthrow Syria’s President Assad. But can they arm the Syrian National Council without weapons reaching pro al-Qaeda forces?
“Rest in peace, Lee. We loved you so much. You will always be our hero.” The family of the man murdered in the street in Woolwich, south east London, speak of their grief for the first time.
As the Somalia Conference opens in London, Somali reporter Jamal Osman gives a personal account of the relationship between the countries, including how Britain may be playing catch up to Turkey.
Concerns are raised that the stage is being set for foreign military intervention in Syria following a second Israeli airstrike in Syria in two days.
United Nations talks with the Syrian government over an investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons have reached an impasse, UN diplomats say.
North Korea is prone to extreme rhetoric, so should current threats be a matter for concern, and how did we get to this current impasse anyway?
A German animal shelter is calling for pop brat Justin Bieber to lose custody of his pet monkey which was confiscated at Munich airport last week.