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Eurozone crisis live: Call for 'all party unity government' to keep Greece in...

• • Angela Merkel: no debt-fuelled growth• Ladbrokes suspends betting on Grexit• Polls: Greece likely to leave euro• Today's agenda4.58pm: Important developments this evening in Greece – the Democratic...

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Obama seeks campaign cash after gay marriage endorsement: politics live

Pundits and activists unpick Obama's gay marriage support as president prepares to attend George Clooney fundraiser12.10pm: RedState's Erick Erickson is unhappy that the media is focusing on a detail...

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Romney apologises for school 'pranks'

Washington Post story cites witnesses who said Romney bullied a student who was presumed to be gay while at prep schoolMitt Romney issued an apology over his actions at high school after it was...

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Iranian interference pushes young Yemenis towards jihad

The 'Guevara of south Yemen' describes how activists fighting for independence have become pawns in a larger power struggleJemajem is a young, dark-eyed militant leader who bears the self-important nom...

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Horst Faas dies aged 79

Photojournalist's work in uncovering the horrors of Vietnam war helped turn mainstream opinion against US offensiveThe photographer who was responsible for some of the most memorable pictures of the...

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Egyptian presidential election TV debate – as it happened

Egypt hoped to break new ground in Arab election coverage with first-ever presidential television debate • At least 55 killed in Damascus 'terrorist' bomb attacks1pm ET/6pm BST: Tonight is a key moment...

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Syria suffers worst terror attack since start of uprising

Government and opposition blame each other for twin car bombings in Damascus that leave dozens deadSyria suffered its worst terrorist attack since the start of the uprising when 55 people were reported...

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Brooklyn DA defends handling of ultra-Orthodox child abuse cases

Exclusive: Charles Hynes dismisses criticism of his record and denies giving Orthodox Jewish offenders special treatmentBrooklyn district attorney Charles Hynes has strongly defended his handling of...

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Egyptian candidates in first TV debate

Millions of Egyptians tune into two private satellite channels to watch Amr Moussa and Abdel-Moneim Abul-Futoh debateMillions of Egyptians tuned into the first ever presidential debate in the country's...

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Congo's maternal mortality rate exacerbated by poverty and ignorance

Maternal health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is undermined by a lack of awareness and access to healthcareHer eyes wide with fear and pain, Théthé – who is haemorrhaging and has a fever –...

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From the archive, 11 May 1982: Henry Kissinger on the Falklands

The former US Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs reflects on British and American attitudes to foreign policyBritain and America have never ceased to play important roles in each other's history....

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JP Morgan chief reveals $2bn trading loss caused by 'sloppiness'

Chief executive Jamie Dimon issues apology to stock analysts over company's 'embarrassing' errors and 'bad judgment'JP Morgan Chase, America's biggest bank, issued a surprise trading update after US...

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Poker-playing Buddhist monks scandalise South Korea

Secret video footage shows monks drinking, smoking and playing high-stakes poker at luxury lakeside hotelSix leaders from South Korea's largest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage...

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North Sea helicopter crash rescue - video

Emergency services safely rescue 14 oil workers and crew from a helicopter that ditched in the North Sea off Aberdeen

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US military course taught officers 'Islam is the enemy'

Pentagon suspends course after study materials posted online suggested that Mecca and Medina may have to be obliteratedA course for US military officers has been teaching that America's enemy is Islam...

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China's economic data weaker than expected

Industrial production weakened sharply while investment slowed to its lowest level in nearly a decade and inflastion fell to 3.4%Chinese industrial production weakened sharply last month as investment...

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Honduran radio journalist kidnapped

Honduran radio news presenter and editor Alfredo Villatoro was kidnapped near his home just outside the country's capital city Tegucigalpa. Villatoro, who hosts the morning news programme at the...

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Michele Bachman decides not be Swiss after all

Former White House hopeful withdraws citizenship request to prove she is 'proud American'Michele Bachmann has ended her Swiss citizenship less than diplomatically, saying she was giving it up to prove...

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Girls found alive in Mississippi after their kidnapper shot himself dead

US authorities say Adam Mayes, 35, took two girls after killing their mother and sister following a row over their house moveThe most wanted fugitive in the US shot himself dead on Thursday, but the...

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The 'GlobalMay manifesto' of the Occupy movement

The global Occupy movement wants a better world. Such a world is possible, and here's how …We are living in a world controlled by forces incapable of giving freedom and dignity to the world's...

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