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Pakistan 'memogate' witness refuses to testify
Mansoor Ijaz, who claims Pakistani ambassador to Washington wrote secret memo to US military, says he fears for his safetyThe US businessman at the heart of Pakistan's "memogate" political scandal will...
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Asil Nadir trial begins at Old Bailey
Former tycoon Asil Nadir is accused of theft from his Polly Peck business empire between 1987 and 1990The former business tycoon Asil Nadir will go on trial at the Old Bailey today accused of stealing...
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Iain Duncan Smith defends benefits cap before Lords vote
Work and pensions secretary denies welfare cap will lead to an increase in child povertyIain Duncan Smith has defended the government's plans to cap the benefits paid to a single household, insisting...
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Ethiopian rebel group: kidnapped tourists are in good health
Arduf rebels say two Germans and two Ethiopians taken hostage in ambush last week could be freed through negotiationAn Ethiopian rebel group says it has kidnapped two German tourists and two...
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From flatscreen TVs to Dutch flowers: Iranian smugglers defy sanctions threat
Even as it becomes the focus of the nuclear row with the west, the strait of Hormuz continues to provide foreign goods to IranBy dawn, the unmarked speedboats from Iran pull into port. By dusk, they...
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EU agrees Iranian oil embargo
Foreign ministers' deal in Brussels could lead to soaring fuel prices and Iran closing the strait of HormuzThe long-running standoff between Iran and the west over Tehran's nuclear programme has...
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Leaning tower of Big Ben worries MPs
House of Commons commission meets to discuss what can be done to shore up crumbling Palace of WestminsterOnce again, the splits and misalignments are beginning to show in the mother of all...
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Kenya's deputy prime minister faces trial at international criminal court
Uhuru Kenyatta, the country's richest citizen, is one of four men accused of orchestrating violence after 2007 electionsTwo Kenyan presidential hopefuls will stand trial accused of orchestrating...
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US presidential race is not our primary concern | Michael White
British fascination with the US elections is obscuring the political and financial importance of the pending French contestSo Newt Gingrich, brainy Georgia populist and former Speaker of the US House...
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The complacency over unsafe abortions must end | Marianne Møllmann
The results of the latest study on global abortion are no surprise – the shock is policy-makers have ignored such data for decadesThe astounding thing about the global abortion debate is not that some...
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Harry Redknapp in court for tax evasion trial
Spurs manager denies two counts of cheating the public revenue when he was manager of Portsmouth FCThe football manager Harry Redknapp is appearing in court to face trial for tax evasion.The Tottenham...
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Nigerians offer prayers in Kano for suicide bombers' victims
Secret police guard service at Kano mosque over fears Boko Haram could strike again after killing more than 150 on FridayThe emir of Kano and the state's top politician have offered prayers for the...
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Bonmarché sale and store closures will cost 1,400 jobs
Bonmarché's pre-pack administration will allow the company's brand to survive on the high street but 160 stores are to closeBonmarché, the plus-sized womenswear chain of collapsed retailer Peacocks...
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Tokyo 'has 70% chance of powerful earthquake within four years'
The Japanese capital's chances of a magnitude-7 quake within 30 years are 98%, according to Tokyo UniversityExperts in Japan have warned that the chances of a powerful earthquake striking Tokyo in the...
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Iain Duncan Smith holds the line on welfare cap
The devil is in the detail, but in interviews IDS appears to have no time for the subtleties of the debateIain Duncan Smith's performance on the Today programme was a typically combative performance on...
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Juror jailed over online research
University lecturer Theodora Dallas jailed for six months for researching criminal defendant while serving on juryA former university lecturer who carried out online research about a criminal defendant...
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Birmingham students seek to overturn protest ban
Lawyers hope to overturn injunction obtained by Birmingham University banning occupation-style protestsLawyers are seeking to overturn a high court injunction that prevents students at one of the...
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England need to be in the groove by the time they land in Sri Lanka | Mike...
Test sides tend to have indifferent records when they begin tours in the subcontinent, so England must take theirs with themThirty years ago next month, after knocking at the ICC door for some...
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Corrections and clarifications
BP prediction on US energy imports | Bob Pratte quote from Press-Enterprise• Reflecting the leading point in a story, a headline said: US will be self-sufficient in energy by 2030, BP predicts (16...
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