Editorial
Ghouls get their way
British politicians who demanded that Abdelbaset al-Megrahi die more quickly to fall in line with Scottish doctors' assessment of his life expectancy can finally relax.
Features
Attack of the drones
The immoral and irresponsible use of unmanned aerial assault vehicles
Riches for some, pain for the rest of us
The dire statistics underpinning EU attempts to rein in the recession
World
Socialist Party makes gains in elections
Tuesday 08 May 2012
The centre-left Socialist Party of Serbia emerged as potential king-makers on Monday after general elections in which neither pro-EU nor right-wing populist camps clinched clear victory.
Cambodian PM halts land sales to private firms
Tuesday 08 May 2012
Cambodia has temporarily stopped granting land rights to privateers following protests by evicted residents and the killing of a prominent activist investigating illegal logging.
Suspect says he was framed for Nigerian bombings
Tuesday 08 May 2012
The alleged leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) has accused the Nigerian government of being behind a bombing in which he is to stand trial.
Washington tests latest 'underwear' bomb
Tuesday 08 May 2012
US spies claimed on Tuesday to have foiled an al-Qaida plot to blow up a plane on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's assassination.
Coalition parties take a thrashing at Greek polls
Monday 07 May 2012
Greek voters battered by years of crippling income and public-sector cuts punished the two mainstream parties on Sunday and gave no party enough votes to govern alone.
Opposition dimiss 'sham' Syria election
Monday 07 May 2012
Syrians cast ballots on Monday in the first elections under their country's new constitution but some opposition groups dismissed the vote as a sham.
100 Islamists seized in Bonn after attack on far-right rally
Monday 07 May 2012
Over 100 Islamists were detained in Bonn on Saturday night after they attacked a far-right rally and injured 29 police officers.
Militants kill 20 in army base raid in Yemen
Monday 07 May 2012
Islamist militants attacked a Yemeni army base on Monday, killing 20 soldiers and capturing 25 just hours after a US drone strike killed a senior militant.
Hollande gives hope to Europe
Monday 07 May 2012
French president-elect Francois Hollande declared on Monday that "austerity can no longer be inevitable" in a victory speech at the famous Place de la Bastille in Paris.
Congress rejects Obama's 'tide has turned' claim
Monday 07 May 2012
Two top members of Congress have rejected US President Barack Obama's claim that the "tide has turned" in Afghanistan since the deployment of 33,000 more troops in 2010.