Will anyone stop the Islamists in Mali?
The French have made an intervention in Mali, despite threats to nationals held hostage, as other Europeans and Americans continue to debate what action to take.
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Money from the UK’s official aid budget could be used to fund military operations to stabilise war-torn states says David Cameron. And aid agencies agree – up to a point.
President Assad should be investigated for “crimes against humanity and war crimes”, says the UN’s human rights chief, pointing to Channel 4 News footage as “actual evidence” of his war crimes.
North Korea says it will “never bow” to UN pressure to disarm following its nuclear test on Tuesday, the third in the country’s history.
North Korea’s latest propaganda video shows a rocket attack on New York but, as John Sparks asks, is anyone listening?
French troops may pull out of Mali next month, handing over to a still-developing Malian military. The announcement comes as troops secure the key northern city of Kidal.
Work continues today to identify the British victims of the Algerian siege and to repatriate their bodies as BP confirm 14 of their 18 staff are now safe.
UK support for the French-led military operation in Mali could be cranked up after David Cameron’s vow to show “iron resolve” in tackling Islamist terrorism in the wake of the Algerian hostage crisis.
Al-Qaeda-linked rebels in Mali launch a counter-offensive, taking the town of Diabaly, 400km from the capital Bamako, after three days of French fighter jet strikes on their desert strongholds.
David Cameron expresses his “deep concern” about recent rebel advances in Mali as French forces carry out further air strikes against Islamist rebels on Saturday.
The French have made an intervention in Mali, despite threats to nationals held hostage, as other Europeans and Americans continue to debate what action to take.
India accuses Pakistan of crossing a heavily militarised line and killing two of its soldiers in the second incident in a week along the disputed region of Kashmir’s dividing boundary.
The United Nations has dramatically raised the number of people killed in the Syrian uprising and civil war – calling the death toll “truly shocking”. Dozens more people died in attacks today.
A former minister who claims he was banned from meeting the Dalai Lama writes to David Cameron complaining that a Foreign Office instruction “crossed a line”, writes Jane Deith.
The halting of aid to Rwanda is “Britain throwing down the gauntlet”, writes Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Miller who investigated alleged military interference in Congo for Dispatches on Monday.
The Palestinian Authority is bidding for “non-member state” recognition by the United Nations. Will it succeed after last year’s failed push for full recognition? And what are the likely consequences?