Guantanamo's 'longest hunger strike'
BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale examines the backdrop to to the month-long hunger strike carried out by at least 100 detainees at Guantanamo ...
BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale examines the backdrop to to the month-long hunger strike carried out by at least 100 detainees at Guantanamo ...
Rhode Island's state legislature is set to vote on legalising gay marriage, a move that would make it the 10th US state to back same-sex ...
Burma's President Thein Sein heads to the US to meet President Obama - in the first US state visit by Burmese leader since ...
Only 22% of people know who their MP is and the number saying they will not vote is increasing, says the Hansard Society's annual survey on political ...
President Obama has said all options, diplomatic and military, are being considered to resolve the situation in Syria.
A Londonderry resource centre is to employ workers to mediate between paramilitaries and people they have threatened to murder.
Israel's PM issues an unofficial order to stop approval of new plans or tenders for Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank, a pressure group ...
Provides an overview of the Golan Heights, including key events and facts about this strategically important Syrian territory occupied by ...
The BBC's Jonny Dymond takes in the atmosphere of gun pride at the annual convention of the American National Rifle Association.