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JFK hijack suspect seized 40 years on

12.10.09
A man wanted for hijacking a flight out of New York 41 years ago has been arrested after flying back into the city from Cuba.... more

US rethinks its aid to Libya in backlash over Lockerbie

25.09.09
US is rethinking a decision to give $2.5million in aid to Libya because of the 'hero's welcome' the country gave to the Lockerbie bomber freed from a Scottish prison... more

Protesters to gather for Gaddafi's UN visit

23.09.09
Protests will greet Colonel Muammar Gaddafi as he heads to the United Nations in New York where he will address the general assembly... more

Ronnie Biggs and Lockerbie bomber release link is 'ridiculous'

11.09.09
Suggestions that the decision to free Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs was prompted by the impending release of the Lockerbie bomber have been dismissed as 'absurd and offensive'... more

Brown admits he raised Lockerbie case in call to Obama

11.09.09
Downing Street faced charges of confusion over the Lockerbie bomber case after it emerged that Gordon Brown raised the issue of his release in a call to Barack Obama... more

Threat of US Congress inquiry into Brown and Lockerbie

03.09.09
Gordon Brown was threatened with a possible US Congress inquiry into the Lockerbie affair amid growing American anger with Britain... more

Gordon Brown: No plot, no cover-up and no oil deal with Libya

02.09.09
Gordon Brown insisted there had been "no cover up, no double-dealing, no deal for oil" over the release of the Lockerbie bomber... more

'My father died at Lockerbie but US treated me like a terrorist'

28.08.09
London man whose father died in the Lockerbie bombing told today how US border guards treated him 'like a terrorist' and refused him entry when he travelled to New York to visit relatives... more

‘Invisible Brown' ducks key questions over Lockerbie

24.08.09
Gordon Brown refuses to break his silence over the Lockerbie bomber despite growing pressure to defend Britain's name abroad... more

Barack Obama condemns Lockerbie Bomber's release

21.08.09
President Barack Obama led the US in voicing condemnation over the release of Lockerbie bomber, calling the decision to free al-Megrahi a 'mistake'... more

Terror and the fight for justice

20.08.09
Events that stirred emotions on both sides of the Atlantic. ... more

Lockerbie bomber flies home to die after being released

20.08.09
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, who has terminal cancer, boards a private jet to fly to Libya after being released on compassionate grounds... more

Absolutely wrong to free Lockerbie bomber says Hillary Clinton

19.08.09
Hillary Clinton warned the Scottish government it would be 'absolutely wrong' to free the man convicted over the Lockerbie bombing... more

US senators push to keep Lockerbie killer in UK

18.08.09
Seven US senators were seeking to block the release of the Lockerbie bomber from a Scottish jail... more

Mandelson’s chat with Gaddafi’s son about Lockerbie bomber

17.08.09
Lord Mandelson was hit by fresh controversy after meeting Colonel Gaddafi's son while on holiday in Corfu... more

Lockerbie bomber to drop appeal case

14.08.09
The man found guilty of the Lockerbie bombing has applied to drop the second appeal against his conviction, it was confirmed... more

Macaskill under pressure over Lockerbie decision

14.08.09
Scottish Justice Secretary comes under fresh pressure over the possible release of the Lockerbie bomber after US government insists he should spend the rest of his life in jail... more

Dying Lockerbie bomber loses bid for bail freedom

14.11.08
The Lockerbie bomber has failed in his attempt to be freed on bail... more

Hollywood to tell Lockerbie bombing story

10.04.07
The story of the Lockerbie bombing is to be made into a Hollywood film. Kiwi director Niki Caro - whose previous films include the critically acclaimed Whale Rider - is behind the project.... more

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