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Northern League at centre of Italy corruption allegations
Prosecutors claim taxpayers' money was used for improvements to the home of Northern League leader Umberto BossiUmberto Bossi, the leader of Italy's Northern League, is at the eye of a political and...
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The Hobbit boosts New Zealand film industry
Film contributed over $2.4bn to New Zealand's economy in 2011, helped by Peter Jackson's two-part fantasy epicPeter Jackson's two-part fantasy epic The Hobbit helped New Zealand's film industry...
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Syria crisis - UN peacekeeping team heading for Damascus - live updates
• New security council draft on Kofi Annan's peace plan• Syrian official claims troop withdrawal has begun• New clashes between rival militia in western Libya• Read the latest summary1.36pm: Here's a...
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Pakistan's president in talks with Indian PM
Asif Ali Zardari discusses trade, security and Kashmir with Manmohan Singh and spends an hour at saint's tombAsif Ali Zardari made a pilgrimage to a Muslim shrine on Sunday during the first visit by a...
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North Korea positions rocket for launch
Pyongyang vows to go ahead with launch of what it says is a satellite launch but US fears is a long-range missile testNorth Korea has moved three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a...
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Syria peace plan in doubt as Assad refuses to meet deadline
Damascus wants written guarantees that rebels will lay down their arms before it will proceed with Kofi Annan-brokered dealHopes for a peaceful end to the Syrian crisis were fading rapidly on Sunday...
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Afghanistan takes control of night raids from US
Afghan forces now to lead all raids which had made US forces so unpopular in country under new agreementThe US has relinquished control of controversial night-time raids in Afghanistan, giving Kabul an...
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Boat race rower blasts protester
Rhodes scholar uses Twitter to post scathing criticism of 'anti-elitist' Trenton Oldfield, who swam in front of boats An Oxford University rower has hit out at the self-styled anti-elitist protester...
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Stella Creasy: 'You can see a perfect storm coming'
The Labour MP for Walthamstow has made a name by campaigning against payday loans – an example of her traditional approach to fighting for the dispossessed, she saysStella Creasy is possibly best known...
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Kenya's marathon men
What is the key to Kenya's phenomenal success in long-distance running? Sprinting to school and a hunger for success'You want to know what the secret is? That there is no secret." Brother Colm...
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Tim Tebow tells Texas worshippers: 'It's OK to be outspoken about your faith'
Quarterback draws crowd of about 15,000 to Celebration church in Georgetown at its 'Easter on the hill' serviceA crowd of about 15,000 gathered on Sunday in a Texas megachurch to hear NFL player Tim...
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Letters: Israel, Günter Grass and the right to artistic licence
The occasion for Günter Grass's What Must Be Said is the sale to Israel by Germany of a submarine with the potential to carry nuclear weapons (With his last drop of ink, Grass's poem infuriates Israel,...
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Mamie Till's warning still holds true in a racist world | Gary Younge
On both sides of the Atlantic, black parents are forced to weigh children's self-esteem against their safetyIn 1955 Mamie Till sent her 14-year-old son, Emmett, from Chicago to rural Mississippi to...
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Istanbul talks on Iran's nuclear programme to go ahead
Saturday's talks are confirmed but reports on the western negotiating position suggest they will be toughThe "Istanbul wobble" of the past few days appears to be over. After telling the Iraqis on...
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Nigeria bombing kills 38 in city of Kaduna
Explosion detonated by suicide bomber on busy road blows windows out of nearby hotels and homesA suicide car bomber killed at least 38 people on Sunday morning on a busy road in the Nigerian city of...
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Mike Wallace: 'Without him, there wouldn't be a 60 Minutes'
Colleagues and friends of the CBS correspondent Mike Wallace, who died on Saturday, have posted their memories of himLady Nancy ReaganFormer first lady"My heart is broken today over the death of my...
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Iran nuclear talks: west demands closure of Fordo underground facility
US and Europe also call on Iran to end uranium enrichment to 20% ahead of 'last chance' negotiations in IstanbulThe US and Europe are to demand that Iran dismantle its fortified underground nuclear...
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Russian dissenters allowed to protest in Red Square
Police allow free movement and make only one arrest as anti-Putin demonstrators gather next to the KremlinRussian police let hundreds of activists roam Moscow's Red Square freely on Sunday in the first...
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Millinery matters at New York's Easter Bonnet Parade – in pictures
The parade is a New York tradition dating back to the mid-1800s when the social elite would parade their new fashions down Fifth Avenue after attending Easter services
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Mali's president resigns after coup
Army promises to relinquish power as neighbouring states argue over how to deal with separatist rebelsThe president of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré, resigned on Sunday, and the soldiers who ousted him in...
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