Britain welcomes the decision to suspend Libya from the United Nations Human Rights Council as the international community ups the pressure on Colonel Gaddafi's regime... more
President Barack Obama challenges the countries of the UN to unite around peace efforts to create an independent Palestine and a secure Israel
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Queen urged UN to lead the world in tackling 'global dangers' such as terrorism and climate change while honouring its core commitments of insuring 'security, prosperity and dignity' for all... more
City Editor's Comment: When we look back at where it all went wrong, one of those we have to blame, surely, is Michael Douglas. Not a nerdy banker coming up with some new-fangled financial instrument set to bring down his world... more
Tensions between Britain and Argentina dramatically rise as South American country calls on UN to intervene over over London’s oil exploration off Falklands... more
Hillary Clinton said today that the Afghan president must earn the trust of his people by addressing claims of serious fraud in last month's elections.... more
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
Gordon Brown warns there will be no early end to international 'fiscal stimulus' package agreed by world leaders to drag the global economy out of recession... more
Ousted president of Honduras Manuel Zelaya has vowed to return to the country, defying a warning from the interim government that he faces arrest. Mr Zelaya has won support at the United Nations and Organisation of American States, and said the Argentinian and Ecuadorian presidents and UN General Assembly chiefwould go with him to Honduras tomorrow. "I'm going to return as president," said Mr Zelaya after the UN urged states to recognise him.... more
London Gateway, the £1.5bn container port under construction on the Thames at Thurrock, will have capacity to unload six of the world's largest ships at one time and have as much impact on the capital as a new airport or half a dozen Westfield shopping centres
With London Fashion Week kicking off on Friday, British designer Matthew Williamson tells Rosamund Urwin about breaking up with his ex, post-show partying and his new model man
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