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Susan Rice: another victim of the Washington game
Why did Susan Rice pull out of consideration as America’s next secretary of state? Was she too strident, too forceful – or did she simply fail to play the Machiavellian game of Washington politics?
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US forces launch raids in Libya and Somalia capturing a top al-Qaeda figure wanted for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, US officials confirm.
The US says it will keep 19 embassies in north Africa and the Middle East closed for up to a week, due to a possible militant threat against western targets in the region.
Around 100 inmates are recaptured after more than 1,000 escaped during a prison riot in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, as protesters attack offices linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Several fighters die in an overnight clash between Hezbollah fighters and Syrian rebel forces in Lebanon’s eastern border region with Syria.
A conman who faked a pilot’s licence and medical certificates to get a job flying passengers to the UK is on the run from police.
French President Francois Hollande denounces a car bomb attack on his country’s embassy in Libya as an attack not only on France, but on all countries fighting terrorism.
Libyan politican Abdel Hakim Belhaj, who is suing the British government over its alleged role in his kidnap and torture, says he will drop the case for £3, an apology and an admission of liability.
Exclusive: what was the role of MI6 and Tony Blair’s government in the kidnap of Abdul-Hakim Belhaj from Malaysia in March 2004, which delivered him into the hands of Colonel Gaddafi’s torturers?
Schools are among the possible targets of imminent threats to westerners in the Libyan city of Benghazi, according to reports.
Why did Susan Rice pull out of consideration as America’s next secretary of state? Was she too strident, too forceful – or did she simply fail to play the Machiavellian game of Washington politics?
The family of a Libyan dissident who was repatriated, imprisoned and tortured reveals that it has been offered £2m by the British government after it accepted its role in his illegal rendition.
With David Petraeus telling a US network he did not pass on classified information to his former lover, Channel 4 News untangles the links between key players in the scandal engulfing the CIA.
As violence breaks out at the funeral of assassinated top intelligence chief Wissam al-Hassan, Beirut journalist Dalila Mahdawi reports on why protesters are calling for the PM’s resignation.
A year after Gadaffi’s capture and death, International Editor Lindsey Hilsum looks at the legacy of his rule and the prospects for the country since his demise.
Senior Lebanese intelligence official Wissam al-Hassan is among at least eight people killed in a car bomb attack in Beirut, according to state media. More than 78 others were wounded.