I am on the edge of the Arctic Circle…
Next Monday sees the publication of one of the strongest climate change reports the United Nations has ever commissioned. It looks set to be a terrifying document.
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An alien world covered in cities and giant structures that reach into the heavens – science fiction, or is science on the verge of discovering extra-terrestrial life?
Two days after declaring martial law, Thailand’s army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha seizes control of the government, and troops move in to break up protest rallies.
The British man accused of plotting his wife’s murder while on honeymoon in South Africa will fly there tonight after losing a three-year legal battle to stay in Britain. What happens now?
Next Monday sees the publication of one of the strongest climate change reports the United Nations has ever commissioned. It looks set to be a terrifying document.
A man accused of arranging the murder of his wife on their honeymoon will be extradited to South Africa on 7 April, its government confirms.
There are “indications” that Russia may be planning a military intervention in the south and east of Ukraine, Kiev’s ambassador to the United Nations warns.
With the eyes of the world on Ukraine, an escalated campaign of barrel bombings by the regime of Bashar al-Assad has led to the indiscriminate killing of men, women and children in Syria.
With the crisis in Ukraine sweeping all headlines before it, it is hard to recall that the reason John Kerry ever stepped on to a plane to Europe in recent days was for Afghanistan.
Progress at the Geneva II conference may be undermined by the fact that many of the opposition fighting groups in Syria are not represented at the talks. Our graphic explains who those groups are.
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.
Representatives of the Syrian regime and opposition have agreed to hold direct talks following discussions at an international summit in Switzerland, according to Russia’s foreign minister.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem tells UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that “Syria always keeps its promise,” when asked to wrap up his opening speech at the Geneva II peace conference.
With Iran out of this week’s Geneva II conference, prepare for talks where words mean different things to different people – and which could end with a great fall.
The Syrian National Coalition confirms it will attend peace talks in Geneva on Wednesday, after the UN withdraws its controversial last-minute invitation for Iran to attend.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he has no intention of giving up power and the issue is not up for discussion, accordng to reports.