England does away with travel traffic light system
England will instead adopt a two-tier system to replace its green and amber lists
9-11: Twenty years later, a world less safe
James Debono goes through the epochal global changes provoked by the Twin Towers attack, asking whether the response has made the world even less safe than ever before
Sparks fly between gay right activists and opponents

Gay right activists finished in blows with anti-gay demonstrators with a...

Gay right activists finished in blows with anti-gay...

Over 20 dead after boat capsizes in Mali

Overloaded river boat capsizes on the Niger river in Mali, extinguishing 20 lives and leaving unknown number of people missing.

Overloaded river boat capsizes on the Niger river in Mali,...

Madeleine McCann's disappearance reviewed

Timeline of events surrounding the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is...

Timeline of events surrounding the disappearance of...

Two-day state funeral for Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap

Vietnam mourns the death of commander who oversaw victories over French and US...

Vietnam mourns the death of commander who oversaw victories...

US seizes Pakistan Taliban commander

US forces capture senior Pakistan Taliban commander, Latif Mehsud, the state department says.

US forces capture senior Pakistan Taliban commander, Latif...

Ali Zeidan says his kidnap was coup attempt

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan says armed militias that still hold sway...

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan says armed militias that...

India on red alert as big storm approaches

Tens of thousands of people have been moved to higher ground away

Tens of thousands of people have been moved to higher...

Republicans offer temporary US debt deal

Republicans have held talks with President Barack Obama amid renewed efforts to avert a looming debt crisis.

Republicans have held talks with President Barack Obama...

Ali Zeidan calls for calm after kidnapping

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan says Libyans need wisdom after brief but...

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan says Libyans need wisdom...

Civilians executed by Syrian rebels

Rebel forces in Syria kill as many as 190 civilians and seize over 200 hostages during a military offensive in August, Human Rights Watch says.

Rebel forces in Syria kill as many as 190 civilians and...

Update 2 | Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan freed by kidnappers

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been seized by armed men from his...

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been seized by armed...

‘Hard drugs found’ on Greenpeace ship seized by Russia

Russian investigators claim heroin find abroad Greenpeace ship, organisation...

Russian investigators claim heroin find abroad Greenpeace...

US withholds Egypt military aid

US suspends a large part of its financial and military aid to Egypt over a bloody crackdown on supporters of ex-President Mohammed Morsi.

US suspends a large part of its financial and military aid...

Madagascar warned of bubonic plague epidemic

Madagascar faces a bubonic plague epidemic unless it slows the spread of the...

Madagascar faces a bubonic plague epidemic unless it slows...

Tobacco rules voted by MEPs ‘big victory for industry’, says Dalli

Former health commissioner accuses European institutions of short-changing citizens

Former health commissioner accuses European institutions of...

MEPs approve new Eurosur operating rules

‘Non-refoulement’ principle to be imposed as of December 2013

‘Non-refoulement’ principle to be imposed as of...

Canadian author Alice Munro wins 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature

Praised for her “finely tuned storytelling"

Praised for her “finely tuned storytelling"

Drunk passenger gets tasered after stripping naked after Malta holiday

A burly, tattooed 52-year-old man had to be tasered after he stripped naked on the tarmac at Manchester airport and challenged the captain to a fight.

A burly, tattooed 52-year-old man had to be tasered after...