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Britain's charming arms deals
It was fine shipping potentially repressive equipment so long as the population was quiescent. Suddenly it wasn’t.
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A 16-year-old boy tells reporter Ruth Sherlock how Gaddafi loyalists forced him and other youths to fight the rebels on the front line of Misrata’s bitter siege.
There was a split between the UN Security Council’s permanent members when they came to vote on a Libyan no-fly zone resolution. So who voted for what – and why?
As the British Government urges its nationals to leave Syria one woman inside the city of Homs tells Channel 4 News innocent people are being killed, arrested and tortured.
Syrian forces have fired shots at protesters gathered in Homs, according to reports. And in Damascus, a blogger tells Channel 4 News that medical students have been beaten up by Government troops.
Security forces have sealed off the port city of Banias in Syria as the Government continues to violently crack down on protests. An analyst warns Channel 4 News the battles could continue for years.
As the Bank of England meets to set interest rates, one of its main headaches is soaring petrol prices. Channel 4 News maps where you can get the cheapest, and most expensive, petrol in the UK.
It was fine shipping potentially repressive equipment so long as the population was quiescent. Suddenly it wasn’t.
Amid warnings that serious unrest in Saudi Arabia could push oil prices to unheard-of levels, there are fears that the record price of Brent crude could put the brakes on the UK’s recovery.
The Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei remains missing after being detained at Beijing airport. A human rights expert tells Channel 4 News authorities will not say what the artist is accused of.
FactCheck has come across many a spurious claim, and we pity the fools out there. But are we one of them? Here’s our pick of today’s April Fools.
As more protests take place in Yemen its President says he will “sacrifice his blood” for the country. Channel 4 News has been told the Government is paying people to protest on its behalf.
Conservationists are calling for worldwide action to stop the growing trade in endangered primates being smuggled out of Africa by criminal gangs alongside drugs and arms, writes Asha Tanna.
Three protesters have been shot dead as fresh unrest breaks out across Syria. President Assad is refusing to back down, but could anger among the country’s Kurdish community be a tipping point?
Britain is expelling five Libyan diplomats because they “could pose a threat” to national security, Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced.
World leaders are meeting in London to discuss the future of Libya without Muammar Gaddafi.