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Iraqis protest against troop deal

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:43pm GMT

Thousands of followers of the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have demonstrated in central Baghdad.

US power 'to decline' in time

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 11:34am GMT

America's economic, military and political might will decline over the next twenty years, according to a US intelligence report.

European online library launches

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:50am GMT

A new EU online library project offers art, literature, cinema and music from over 2,000 years of European civilisation.

Greece to free half of prisoners

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:49am GMT

The Greek government has promised to release almost half the country's prison population to help ease overcrowding.

On patrol with food escort ships

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:39am GMT

As the threat of piracy grows off the coast of east Africa, Christian Fraser joined a convoy travelling under protection from warships.

Russian forces 'using torture'

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:30am GMT

The BBC has uncovered disturbing evidence of the use of torture by the Russian security forces.

US judge orders Algerians freed

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 5:08am GMT

Five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay without charge for almost seven years must be freed, a US judge has ruled.

DC's mammoth inauguration buildup

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 2:22am GMT

Despite Barack Obama's inauguration still being two months away, Washington DC's preparations are already well under way.

Sugercane to biofuels - life at the source

Posted: November 19th, 2008, 11:24am GMT

Richard Bilton looks at the Brazilian sugarcane industry that produces biofuel

Somalia piracy 'out of control'

Posted: November 19th, 2008, 10:31am GMT

The Somali prime minister has said the government does not have the 'capacity to eradicate piracy'.

France exports boules to Africa

Posted: November 19th, 2008, 6:30am GMT

The world championship of the French national pastime of boules has been held in sub-Saharan Africa for the first time.

Castro welcomes Chinese leader

Posted: November 19th, 2008, 6:28am GMT

President Hu Jintao has met Cuban figurehead Fidel Castro on the second day of the Chinese leader's state visit to Cuba.

EU battle over fish continues

Posted: November 19th, 2008, 6:26am GMT

Limits on the amount of fish that can be landed from European waters are still being fought over by EU ministers.

US car firms ask for $25bn aid

Posted: November 19th, 2008, 4:09am GMT

The bosses of the three biggest US carmakers, Ford, GM and Chrysler, have asked Congress for a $25bn bail-out.

Stone Age 'had nuclear families'

Posted: November 19th, 2008, 2:55am GMT

An international team of researchers have new evidence that Stone Age humans lived in nuclear families.

Woman gets windpipe transplant

Posted: November 19th, 2008, 2:52am GMT

Scientists have carried out the world's first tissue-engineered whole organ transplant made with a patient's own stem cells.

Taiwan's ex-president in custody

Posted: November 12th, 2008, 5:21pm GMT

Taiwan's ex-President Chen Shui-bian, who faces corruption allegations, has been formally taken into custody.

North Korea to cut S Korea links

Posted: November 12th, 2008, 5:11pm GMT

North Korea has announced that it will close the land border and cut non-military phone links with South Korea.

UN calls for DR Congo back-up

Posted: November 12th, 2008, 5:03pm GMT

The UN secretary general has called on the Security Council to provide another 3,000 soldiers to protect displaced civilians in Congo.

Ukrainian politicians in brawl

Posted: November 12th, 2008, 3:51pm GMT

Politicians scuffled and threw punches at each other in the Ukrainian parliament ahead of a vote on whether to dismiss speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

Romania criticised over corruption

Posted: November 12th, 2008, 12:38pm GMT

Romania is facing criticism by the EU for failing to put dozens of businessmen and politicians suspected of corruption on trial.

GM shares hit new low

Posted: November 12th, 2008, 11:25am GMT

Shares in General Motors are at their lowest level for 65 years as the car maker battles to avoid bankruptcy.

Colombian rebels under pressure

Posted: November 12th, 2008, 9:31am GMT

Colombian troops have captured 10 rebel fighters who they said were involved in the killings of a former defence minister and a local governor.

DR Congo rebel issues warning

Posted: November 10th, 2008, 10:28pm GMT

Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has told the BBC he will oust the government of President Kabila unless it is prepared to share power.

Obama at the White House

Posted: November 10th, 2008, 9:30pm GMT

Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, have paid their first official visit to the White House.

Hamas/ Fatah talks cancelled

Posted: November 10th, 2008, 9:03pm GMT

Negotiations to end the split between the Palestinian faction of Hamas and Fatah have been postponed indefinitely.

Blasts in Baghdad kill dozens

Posted: November 10th, 2008, 4:59pm GMT

A triple bomb attack has killed at least twenty-eight people in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

Luxurious display to impress India

Posted: November 10th, 2008, 4:09pm GMT

Luxury brands have been flocking to India in search of customers with a love of extravagance and the money to match.

Propaganda balloons enter N Korea

Posted: November 10th, 2008, 6:26am GMT

A group of South Korean human rights activists is showering North Korea with propaganda leaflets from helium balloons.

Zimbabwe compromise call rejected

Posted: November 10th, 2008, 1:50am GMT

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has rejected a compromise plan aimed at breaking Zimbabwe's political deadlock.

Croatia's EU ambitions on track

Posted: November 4th, 2008, 9:10am GMT

Croatia is on track to become the 28th member of the European Union, despite a spate of killings linked to organised crime.

Somali girl 'was stoned to death'

Posted: November 4th, 2008, 8:17am GMT

Kate Allen, director of Amnesty International, discusses the stoning to death of a Somali girl.

Italy reclaims Mafia assets

Posted: November 4th, 2008, 7:56am GMT

Property and assets confiscated from the Mafia in Italy are being turned into community centres and homes for children.

US police confirm adventurer's death

Posted: November 4th, 2008, 12:43am GMT

Bones found near a plane crash site in California are confirmed to be those of the adventurer Steve Fossett.

'Catastrophic' crisis in Congo

Posted: November 3rd, 2008, 6:54pm GMT

Aid agencies have warned that the humanitarian situation in the DR Congo is catastrophic.

Three summers in Afghanistan

Posted: November 3rd, 2008, 1:35pm GMT

Three years after Britain's war in Afghanistan began in earnest, Alistair Leithead reports from the town of Gamsir on the progress that has been made.

Voting begins in US election

Posted: November 3rd, 2008, 6:15am GMT

Voting has begun in an historic US presidential election. Record numbers of Americans are expected at polling stations.

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