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Saudi strikes at rebels in Yemen

06.11.09

Saudi Arabia carried out air strikes against Shia rebel "infiltrators" in Yemen... more

Dragon deal �too cheap�

02.11.09

Dragon Oil gave the nod to a full takeover by its majority shareholder today, but some City analysts reckon the deal is happening on the cheap ... more

�2m pledge to tackle Yemeni crisis

09.10.09

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Samoa: Motorists forced to drive on left side of road

01.09.09

The South Pacific island of Samoa will next week become the first nation in decades to switch traffic flow from one side of the road to another... more

Jet crash girl, 12, tells how she clung to debris as others died

25.08.09

Girl who was the only survivor of a plane crash in which 152 crew and passengers died spoke publicly for the first time about her ordeal... more

Boris Johnson can bargain hard over new US embassy

31.07.09

The negotiations we report today between the Mayor and the US over the new embassy building are important ones for the capital ... more

Disasters are good for business at Beazley

27.07.09

Lloyd�s of London insurer Beazley today boasted best-ever first-half results as the cost of buying protection against natural disasters such as hurricanes soared ... more

Air crash girl clung to debris for 12 hours in ocean

01.07.09

Teenage girl who was the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Indian Ocean could not swim and did not have a life jacket... more

Girl, 14, is only jet crash survivor

30.06.09

Teenage girl was rescued from the Indian Ocean after a plane crashed amid fears that everyone else on board has died... more

Foreign office voices concern at British hostage feared dead

16.06.09

The Foreign Office said it was "very concerned" at reports that a Briton was among nine people feared dead after a suspected kidnapping in North Yemen... more

Briton and wife among seven hostages killed by 'terrorists'

15.06.09

A British engineer and his wife is among at least seven people massacred by kidnappers in Yemen... more

Troops seize nine pirates

27.04.09

Yemeni special forces stormed an oil tanker captured by Somali pirates and seized at least nine bandits... more

Oil explorer Soco rakes in the cash

10.03.09

Soco International is avoiding the insolvency fears spreading through the exploration sector by reporting cash balances of $303 million (�219 million)... more

Judge drops charges in final Guantanamo trial

06.02.09

The judge in charge of the Guantanamo Bay hearings has dropped the charges in the last trial at the detention camp � against a suspect in the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000... more

Bin Laden's driver goes free from Guantanamo

25.11.08

Osama bin Laden's former driver is being transferred from detention at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to his home country of Yemen, US defence officials said... more

Finland gunman murders 10 of his fellow students

23.09.08

A masked man armed with explosives and a machinegun went on the rampage at a college, murdering at least 10 fellow students... more

Strong show by �39m Premier

28.08.08

Premier Oil�s net profits soared almost 250% to �38.9 million in the first half and it says all four of its major developments have made strong progress... more

We'll snatch billionaire's son wanted for Martine murder, say mercenaries

21.08.08

Mercenaries have offered to snatch the prime suspect in the murder of Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen in order to bring him to justice... more

Sexism in City - and the truth about salaries

07.08.08

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Talks to bring back playboy wanted over Martine killing

31.07.08

David Miliband is leading high-level talks to bring the prime suspect in the murder of a Norwegian student in London back to Britain... more

Billionaire's son wanted over sex murder

30.07.08

The son of a Middle Eastern billionaire has been named as one of Britain's most wanted men over the sex murder of a Norwegian student... more

Down and out in Smithfield Market

15.07.08

How apt that London waiter Ross Raisin has been nominated for the £60,000 Dylan Thomas Prize, for authors under the age of 30... more

Return of the summer circus act: Meet the 16 Big Brother contenders

05.06.08

The latest bunch of attention-seeking exhibitionists and eccentrics, unveiled on Big Brother last night, look likely to take the show back to its outrageous worst.... more

Bin Laden firm chasing �96bn

03.06.08

The Dubai company controlled by a half-brother of Osama bin Laden, is looking to raise �96 billion to build two new cities in Djibouti and Yemen and a bridge linking them.... more

Five of the best: a staff canteen and then some

09.04.08

A former derelict workshop, bike shed and canteen are amongst the five best restaurants to have been turned around by architecture.... more

Martine murder suspect 'fled abroad in father's private jet'

20.03.08

The prime suspect for the murder of Martine Vik Magnussen fled Britain on his billionaire father's private jet, it was claimed... more

Martine's murder has made us scared to go out, say her friends

19.03.08

Friends of student Martine Vik Magnussen have told how they fear for their safety following her murder... more

Murdered Martine: police hunt billionaire's son who fled abroad

18.03.08

Police are seeking the banker son of an Arab billionaire in connection with the murder of a wealthy student whose body was found at a private block of flats in central London... more

Spinning a yarn - just the job for Campbell

26.02.08

Perhaps we should not be so surprised by the news that Alastair Campbell has become a novelist at the age of 50. After all, as a Downing Street spin doctor, he was renowned for telling tall stories and stretching credulity to the limit. To be published in November, his debut, All in the Mind, is the story of a psychiatrist, his patients and family and "the pressures they bring to bear on each other'' over a long weekend... more