From: BBC News on Tue, Jul 12 2011 12:35 AM

She said he had failed to deliver promised reforms and launched a campaign of violence against his own people to silence protesters calling for democratic change.

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 8:48 PM

Conall McDevitt, SDLP MLA for south Belfast, witnessed Monday night’s riot in the east of the city.Petrol bombs, bricks and smoke bombs were thrown and homes damaged.McDevitt described what he saw on BBC Radio 5 live as "an extremely violent riot."What I was witnessing last night was a real, rea...

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 7:41 PM

Blood quantum might sound like an action movie, but to the country’s Native Americans it's all about identity.First introduced in colonial Virginia in the early 18th Century as a means of restricting the rights of anyone deemed to be more than 50% Native American, the term only became wides...

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 5:28 PM

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 4:38 PM

A tree surgeon has described the moment he fell on to a chainsaw, cutting through a third of his neck.

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 4:22 PM

More than 100 people, many of them children, are feared dead after a tourist boat sank in central Russia.Dozens were rescued after the accident on the River Volga in Tatarstan, about 750km (450 miles) east of Moscow, but at least 199 passengers and crew were believed to have been on board.Hopes ...

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 2:13 PM

Care home operator Southern Cross is set to shut down, after landlords owning all 752 of its care homes said they wanted to leave the group."It is currently envisaged that the existing group will cease to be an operator of homes," the firm said.Southern Cross added that the landlords were still ...

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 2:13 PM

Prime Minister David Cameron has said he is 'appalled' by allegations that The Sunday Times targeted the personal information of the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.Documents and a phone recording suggest "blagging" was used to obtain private financial and property details.The Browns...

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 9:19 AM

Egypt’s revolution saw President Mubarak deposed, but with elections yet to be held ordinary Egyptians remain in the dark about what the future may hold.

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 9:19 AM

A bill proposing selling cigarettes only by prescription from a doctor has been drafted in Iceland.

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 9:19 AM

The head of the United Nations refugee agency has urged Kenya to open a new camp for people fleeing drought and war in Somalia.

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 8:50 AM

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 7:46 AM

The deputy prime minister has urged News Corp chairman and chief executive, Rupert Murdoch, to "do the decent thing" and reconsider his bid for BSkyB following the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.Nick Clegg made the comments after meeting the family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler wh...

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 7:46 AM

The moment two classic US fighter planes collided during an air display in Cambridgeshire has been caught on video.One of the planes, thought to be a P-51 Mustang, plummeted to the ground after their wings touched, forcing the pilot to parachute to safety.The pilot of the other plane, a Skyraide...

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 7:07 AM

After weeks of stalemate, Libyan rebels near Misrata are once again fighting their way west towards the capital Tripoli.

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 7:07 AM

From interactive wallpaper to life size 3D video calling, LJ Rich reveals what the connected home of the future could contain.

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 6:42 AM

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 6:42 AM

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 6:41 AM

At least 12 people have been killed in a blast at a munitions dump in southern Cyprus.Early reports said a fire broke out near the Evangelos Florakis naval base at Zygi in the early hours of the morning.Hermes Solomon was in his mobile home about 150m down the coast from the base when he heard wh...

From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 11 2011 6:02 AM

Media analyst and commentator Claire Enders and the MP Tim Farron consider the future of the BSkyB takeover deal.