Hassan Rouhani – confounding expectations and inspiring rare hope
We may have failed to engage with him first time round, but this time, despite all the hurdles and pitfalls, 2013 could prove to have been Hassan Rouhani’s hour, with more to come.
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Thousands dead, millions displaced, and daily atrocities – the Geneva II talks to find peace in Syria are aimed at finding a crucial solution, but the challenges seem insurmountable.
We may have failed to engage with him first time round, but this time, despite all the hurdles and pitfalls, 2013 could prove to have been Hassan Rouhani’s hour, with more to come.
The sign language interpreter who sparked outrage in the deaf community says he suffered a kind of schizophrenic episode during the Mandela memorial, while the ANC confirms they have hired him before.
After Islamist fighters seize Western-backed rebel weapons warehouses, the United States and Britain suspend non-lethal aid to northern Syria.
The international sign language community is demanding an apology from the South African government for the “fake” interpreter on stage during the memorial service for Nelson Mandela.
The prime minister couldn’t wait to pounce over Labour’s links to the troubled Co-op Bank, which is due to face a string of inquiries into recent mismanagement.
That a Reverend – Paul Flowers – was caught on camera buying crack cocaine and crystal meth is bad enough. That he’s the former chairman of the Co-operative bank couldn’t be any worse.
Our security agencies are feeling the heat amid revelations about the extent of their surveillance programmes. But as the Data Baby project can reveal, spying is now cheap and relatively easy…
With just over two weeks before the Australia v England Ashes battle resumes, the sledging – courtesy of spin bowling maestro Shane Warne – is already underway.
William Hague is hosting foreign ministers from across the world in London to prepare for a proposed Syrian peace conference.
Al-Qaeda militants kill a senior commander in the Free Syria Army, suggesting a widening rift among anti-Assad forces between Islamist fighters and more secular, western-backed elements.
Meat from diseased cattle that tests positive for bovine tuberculosis has been sold for human consumption by Defra, the food and farming ministry says.
Much more pre-packaged food is to be labelled using a traffic light system, after companies agree to a standardised scheme that will allow shoppers to compare products more easily. Will it work?
A rescue plan for the Co-operative’s troubled banking arm is unveiled in a bid to plug a £1.5bn hole in its balance sheet.
After the Prism spying scandal exposed the vulnerabilities of our online data, we sent the Channel 4 News Data Baby to an information security company to find out the extent of her online footprint.