Syria's voters hark back to the good old, bad old days
Writing about Syria’s election gives it a legitimacy it does not deserve. But the Syrians who vote are mourning the loss of the regime they once knew.
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Writing about Syria’s election gives it a legitimacy it does not deserve. But the Syrians who vote are mourning the loss of the regime they once knew.
President Bashar al-Assad is widely expected to win a third seven-year term in office, as Syrians head to the polls in the middle of a civil war that has killed more than 160,000 people.
The editor of US Vogue is refusing to stay at Le Meurice hotel during Paris Fashion Week in protest against its owner, the Sultan of Brunei, for implementing anti-gay laws in his native country.
Jonny Wilkinson, England’s hero of the 2003 World Cup, is due to retire from the game for good. We all know he was a bit special – but why?
Belarus border guards order me out of the country, but our resourceful Channel 4 News cameraman slips past them for a much-needed glimpse of Europe’s most repressive regime.
Nigel Farage is sticking to his guns on the supposed danger posed by Romanian criminals. Is he right?
The mother of 19-year-old Stephen Sutton, whose inspirational social media campaign raised millions of pounds for the Teenage Cancer Trust, announces he has died.
Rebels begin withdrawing from the city of Homs – a central battleground in the Syrian civil war, once known as the “capital of the revolution” – in a major symbolic victory for Bashar al-Assad.
William Hague says reports that chemical weapons have once again been used against the people of Syria are “utterly sickening”.
The five British servicemen killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan are named by the Ministry of Defence, which said the crash was the result of a “tragic accident” – not a Taliban attack.
A terminally-ill teenager smashes all records on fundraising website JustGiving, as donations to his charity appeal surge past £2.5m.
The British government says Syrian presidential elections, to take place in June, will have “no value or credibility”.
It is not just protest groups using social media nowadays: governments are getting in on the act – and in unstable eastern Ukraine, Facebook has become a tool of conflict.
Ahead of a conference on the Ukraine crisis, Nato says it will reinforce its forces in eastern Europe, with “deployments at sea, in the air, on land” within days.
Pro-Russian protesters respond to Kiev’s deadline to leave buildings by seizing more, as Foreign Secretary William Hague says there is “no real doubt” Russia is behind the unrest.