News Archive - 25 April 2014

Open letter claims UK and US governments are contradicting accountability pledge of Open Government Partnership. By  Alex Hern Alex Hern

President Dramani Mahama cannot exonerate himself from the plane rental business venture he and his brother formed to flummox the Taxpayers of Ghana for their selfish ends.

President Dramani Mahama cannot exonerate himself from the plane rental business venture he and his brother formed to flummox the Taxpayers of Ghana for their selfish ends.

Watch Video JUDY WOODRUFF: For a closer look at how the Russian economy has been affected since the Ukraine crisis began, I’m joined by Cliff Kupchan. He’s the head of the Eurasia Group’s Russia and Eurasia team. RELATED LINKS Biden urges Russia to live up to Geneva agreement on Ukraine...

Items range from bowls from Stalin and Roosevelt to cigar box from people of Leningrad and painting from Sikh troops Unfortunately the lion and the white kangaroo are no more, and the platypus never made it safely to English shores. But a startling selection of gifts that did reach Sir...

More women are taking to the skies as airline pilots, writes Izwan Ismail

Javier Colorado offers condolences to family of six guards that were killed but said their deaths had nothing to do with him A Spanish cyclist who was attacked last week in Pakistan while attempting to bike around the world has disputed the claim that six guards died while escorting him...

Journalism and democracy: grounds for optimism in the face of the future? is the second of two lectures by Tony Blair's former director of communications as Cambridge University Humanitas visiting professor of media A few years ago, Carl Bernstein and I shared a platform at a conference in Italy. I...

At least 31 people have been killed in Iraq as a series of blasts targeted a Shia election rally in Baghdad. Several people were seriously injured in the attack, which took place at a rally for the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq party.

The J-Bar in the 1970s was known for its debauchery, freethinking and political activism. The man behind it all was bar manager Michael Solheim, standing next to Hunter S. Thompson.

>SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday a "pause" might be needed in U.S.-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, suggesting leaders on both sides lacked the will to make the necessary compromises. Israel on Thursday suspended participation in negotiations with the Palestinians...

>NAIROBI, April 25 (Reuters) - An Australian warship patrolling the Indian Ocean has seized more than a tonne of heroin worth A$289 million ($268 million) from a dhow in Kenyan waters, Australia's Defence Department said on Friday. The frigate, HMAS Darwin, intercepted the vessel on Wednesday night 27 nautical miles...