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It has become the defining theme of the Obama presidency: how to protect a nation in an age of terror? But in the wake of the Boston bombs – is the homegrown threat now a fact of life?
Alex Thomson
Why was the Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev not picked up by the FBI and FSB during his trip to and from Dagestan, despite being firmly on their radar?
Millionaire businessman James McCormick faces jail after being convicted of selling phoney bomb detectors to the military, police forces and government around the world.
One week on from the Boston bombings, young Muslims in Dagestan tell film-maker Nick Sturdee they feel the tragedy has been told in a way that presents Muslims as second-class citizens.
Officials confirm up to 15 fatalities and more than 160 people injured after a blast at a Texas fertiliser plant near Waco, as Jonathan Miller reports.
Former senior members of the US military and political establishment accuse the country’s most senior officials of contributing to the spread of torture.
The BBC hits back at criticism from the London School of Economics which claims an undercover Panorama reporter put a group of its students at risk on a trip to North Korea.
As David Cameron and Angela Merkel meet for talks, the prime minister and German chancellor will be striving for warmer relations than their predecessors Margaret Thatcher and Helmut Kohl.
United Nations talks with the Syrian government over an investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons have reached an impasse, UN diplomats say.
Alex Thomson
Reporting on Syria’s civil war is proving a dangerous business, but is the reluctance of media organisations to tell of the true risks actually doing the public a disservice?
Lindsey Hilsum
The west is caught on the horns of a dilemma: do nothing and watch more Syrians die, or send weapons, knowing that they may end up in the hands of al-Qaeda.
Jihadist rebel group in Syria Al-Nusra announces it has joined forces with al-Qaeda’s Iraq branch to form a dominant militant force in the fight against President Bashar Assad’s regime.
The US postpones plans to carry out a missile test in California next week over fears it will increase tensions with North Korea, as Foreign Secretary William Hague calls for calm over the crisis.
Alex Thomson
Everybody knows the only people out on the streets after dark are rebel fighters or the army taking them on, but for a mother of three boys the daily battle is for rent, gas for heating and cooking and basic foods.
Jihadists are increasingly prominent in the fight against the Syrian government, which has so far claimed over 70,000 lives. Channel 4 News maps the gains made by the most powerful groups.