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President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria says the Islamist group Boko Haram now has supporters and members within the government. More than 80 people have been killed in the last few weeks in attacks apparently carried out by the Islamist group. On Sat
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With months to go before the US presidential election, the White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley is stepping down. The post will be given to Jack Lew, currently in charge of the budget. From Washington, Marcus George reports. 离美国总统选举还有
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President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has accused anti-government forces of wanting to erase Syria's identity. In a rare speech, he vowed to restore security, as he put it, by hitting terrorists with an iron fist. 叙利亚总统巴萨尔阿萨德指责反
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A French television correspondent has become the first Western journalist to be killed in Syria since the uprising against President Assad began. The television channel France 2 said Gilles Jacquier was killed in the city of Homs. Another foreign jou
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A French television correspondent has become the first western journalist to be killed in Syria since the uprising against President began. The television channel France 2 said Gilles Jacquier was killed in the city of Homs. Another foreign journalis
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The French finance minister says the country has lost its AAA credit rating. Francois Baroin said that Standard Poor's had lowered the rating to AA+, but he said that France would not allow the agencies to dictate its policies. From Paris, Hugh Schof
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Divers searching a submerged cruise ship in Italy say they will work through the night to try to find more survivors. Fifteen people are still unaccounted for while five are known to have died. Earlier, two more bodies were found. Filippo Marini is a
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Italy says it will declare a state of emergency over the cruise liner lying capsized off the west coast and provide funding to help avert any environmental disaster. The stricken vessel was carrying more than 2,000 tonnes of diesel. Six people are kn
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The International Monetary Fund says it needs to raise hundreds of billions of dollars so it can give out new loans to countries in urgent need of financial support. The IMF said it was exploring options for raising the extra money. From Brussels, Ch
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The governor of Texas Rick Perry has ruled himself out of the race to become the Republican Party's candidate in the US presidential election. At a news conference, Mr Perry said there was no viable path forward for him and he was abandoning his camp
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The biggest city in northern Nigeria, Kano, has been hit by a series of bomb attacks. The regional police headquarters and police stations were among the targets. Gunfire was heard in several locations. Reports from Kano suggest at least six people h
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Hospitals in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are struggling to cope with scores of dead and wounded following a series of bomb attacks on Friday. An eyewitness said he thought there were more than 100 bodies at the mortuary of the main hospital. M
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The head of Egypt's ruling military council says the state of emergency that's been in place for most of the past 45 years will be partially lifted from Wednesday. Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi was speaking in an address to mark the first ann
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President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria has challenged the Islamist militant group Boko Haram to identify themselves and clearly state their demands as a basis for dialogue. He said military intervention was not the sole means of ending the conflict. 尼
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The Arab League has suspended its observer mission in Syria. The head of the league, Nabil al-Arabi, said the decision was taken because of the worsening security situation. The move comes only days after the mission was extended for a second month.
