Colombia distils the best of South America - and with the help of a good guidebook and advice from other travellers, you're very likely to stay safe... more
Women are being forced to sell sex for food in Haiti because of 'serious' failings in the reconstruction effort after last year's earthquake, human rights campaigners warn... more
Britain is failing to prosecute international diplomats who abuse domestic staff working in London embassies, according to a US State Department report... more
British defence contractor BAE Systems agrees to pay additional fines of up to $79 million for flouting U.S. regulations governing the export of sensitive military hardware... more
As many as 500 people have been arrested in Syria after troops and tanks were sent into a southern city at the centre of the uprising against President Bashar Assad, a human rights group said... more
Hundreds of people rallied outside the base where army private Bradley Manning is being detained on charges of providing classified data to Wikileaks
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A US Army private suspected of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the WikiLeaks whistleblowing website is charged with aiding the enemy, a crime that can carry the death penalty... more
Ripples spreading across the Middle East after the success of the popular uprising against Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak gathered force today as protesters in four countries demanded the overthrow of their governments.... more
Can normal diplomatic relations can be sustained when at least one side is in doubt about whether their confidential disclosures will end up on the front page of the New York Times?... more
David Cameron is warned that fresh revelations from whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks about US foreign policy could expose Britain’s secret relations with its main ally... more
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il said he is ready to return to multi-national talks on its nuclear weapons programme - amid reports that it was restoring a nuclear complex... 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
It's a fair bet that the US State Department didn't reckon on the level of insurgency they have encountered from London's planning authorities.... more
IT'S official. The economy is in recession: figures for the last quarter of 2008 show that there have been two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth... more
Bidders line up to buy the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square and turn it into what could be the most prestigious hotel and residential development in the world... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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