As we crawled along in the chaos that is Kabul’s afternoon rush hour yesterday, Iqbal casually turned to me and mentioned that his wife had gone into labor [...]
Thousands of Afghan men have been killed during the long war in Afghanistan, leaving their families without a father and a husband.
Afghans gathered in Kabul to mourn High Peace Council chief Burhanuddin Rabbani and protest at his killing by a suicide bomber on Tuesday.
As head of the council, Rabbani was leading Afghan efforts to negotiate with the Taliban.
An inquiry looking into accusations that Britain was complicit in the torture of terrorism suspects has said it will examine new allegations about close ties between British intelligence and Muammar Gaddafi’s security services.
Some former employees of the tabloid claim they are now unemployable.
The Arab spring didn’t take hold in Bahrain, but now the opposition has found a new way to be heard.
On Tuesday, two men were jailed for four years for using Facebook to incite riots.
Police and politicians suggest that parts of society are “sick.”
Live Updates from the BBC Riots in London and around the United Kingdom have resulted in widespread looting and buildings that have been set on fire. Dozens of people were left homeless following rioting in Tottenham on Saturday after a peaceful demonstration over the death of a man who was shot by police turned violent. [...]
The violence apparently was sparked by the shooting death of a man by police.
Tens of thousands of public sector workers walked off the job in a one day strike.
The Geo Quiz is looking for a city in England with a very traditional manufacturer
There is a new gallery exhibition showing a collection of art lost or left behind on London’s subway, the Underground.
