Turkish car bomb blast kills three outside secondary school
Twenty-four injured in suspected terrorist attack in downtown area of AnkaraA car bomb which exploded outside a secondary school in Ankara has killed at least three people and injured 24.The blast on...
View ArticleAfghanistan peace council head killed - live updates
• Former president and peace envoy killed in bomb blast• Hopes of settlement in tatters after assassination• Hamid Karzai to fly home from UN summit7.57pm: The Guardian's Jon Boone in Kabul has passed...
View ArticleLibya, Yemen and Middle East unrest - live updates
Explosions in Sana'a as clashes resume in Yemen.Libyan rebels claim to have made two major finds - $23bn in assets and a chemical weapons depot1.34pm: Well worth keeping up with CNN's reporter in...
View ArticleLeaders address the UN general assembly - live
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and British prime minister David Cameron address the UN general assembly2.23pm ET/7.23pm: Cameron has now finished his address.Here's a link to the full text of...
View ArticleYemen, Libya and Middle East unrest - live updates
• Yemen's president Saleh claims he backs power transfer • Saudi women to get vote and representation in four years• Syrian military defectors say armed rebellion underway• Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte...
View ArticleSyria, Libya and Middle East unrest - live updates
• Syria accuses west of 'blatant conspiracies'• Concern for residents trapped in besieged city of Sirte• Israeli panel calls for tax increases and defence cuts11.15am: NTC commanders are sending out...
View ArticleSyria, Libya and Middle East unrest - live updates
• UN draft drops call for immediate sanctions against Syria• Islamists refuse to be excluded in post-Gaddafi Libya• Report claims Saleh tricked his way back to Yemen12.04pm: Turkey is preparing to...
View ArticleGeorge Wright's 41 years on the run – interactive
From being jailed for murder in the early 1960s through to the hijacking of a US airliner and final arrest in a Portuguese hamlet, the former Black Panther has had a remarkable journey as a fugitive...
View ArticleLibya, Saudi Arabia and Middle East unrest - 29 September 2011
• Saudi King overturns lashing sentence for female driver• Yemen's truce broken by heavy shelling in Sana'a• Interpol issues red notice for the arrest of Saadi Gaddafi • Read the latest summary4.04pm:...
View ArticleAli Dizaei 'reinstated as Met police commander'
The former police chief whose corruption convictions were quashed says he has returned to Scotland YardAli Dizaei, the former police chief who was dismissed over convictions for corruption only for...
View ArticleSyria, Libya and Middle East unrest - live updates
• Clinton condemns attack on US ambassador in Syria• Tahrir Square protest against Egypt's emergency law• Yemen's president Saleh says he won't stand down3.35pm: Italy's foreign minister, Franco...
View ArticleSyria, Libya and Middle East unrest - 4 October 2011
• Family of Syrian opposition leader arrested• Amnesty says Assad regime targeting dissidents' relatives• Libya's new leaders poised to declare victory• Read the latest summary4.00pm:Here's an...
View ArticleSyria, Libya and Middle East unrest - live updates
• Russia and China veto UN weakened resolution on Syria• Leader of Syrian Free Army established in Turkey• Qatar accused of interfering in post-Gaddafi Libya • Fourteen injured in clashes in eastern...
View ArticleLibya, Syria and Middle East unrest - live updates
• Two more alleged mass graves found in Libya• Key opposition figure reported killed in Syria - report• More activists jailed in Bahrain1.15pm: There is still heavy fighting in the Gaddafi stronghold...
View ArticleNobel peace prize 2011 - live coverage
Winners are Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and Tawakul Karman of Yemen for 'their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in...
View ArticleEgypt, Libya and Middle East unrest - live updates
• At least 25 killed in Cairo after armed crackdown on protest• Video shows military vehicles ploughing through crowds• Mass taking place for killed Christians in Abbassia • Libya: Battle for Sirte...
View ArticleLibya: the battle for Sirte continues – Tuesday 11 October 2011
• New government forces close in on Sirte• Mutassim Gaddifi reported to be surrounded in Sirte• Copts begin three days of mourning in Egypt• Read the latest summary8.58am: Welcome to Middle East Live....
View ArticleCairo witnesses blame security forces for bloodshed at Coptic march
Four witnesses give their accounts of the violence that left 26 people dead and 500 injured after a march by Coptic ChristiansEyewitness testimonies have been emerging that contradict the official...
View ArticleUS steps up pressure on Iran over alleged plot to kill Saudi envoy
Secretary of state Hillary Clinton vows to isolate Tehran as Iran dismisses claims of 'murder-for-hire' plot as fabrication• Details on assassination plot from department of justice• The indictment...
View ArticleLibya: battle for central Sirte - Wednesday 12 October 2011
• NTC forces make rapid advances in Sirte• Sirte could fall today, Peter Beaumont reports• Iran accuses of US of warmongering over plot claims• Israeli and Hamas agree Gilad Shalit swap deal• Read the...
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