Syrian protesters march in solidarity with residents Hama, where security forces have reportedly killed 200 people. Photograph: Reuters Tens of thousands of Syrians returned to the streets to denounce President Bashar al-Assad‘s regime and declare support for the residents of Hama, where an estimated 200 residents have been killed in a government assault since...
Almost £50bn was wiped off the value of Britain’s 100 biggest companies on a day of global stock market mayhem triggered by a deepening of the eurozone crisis and fears for the US economy. After a day of massive stock market falls in Europe and the US of a kind not seen since the...
Christine Lagarde faces difficult questions over her decision to intervene in court proceedings involving Bernard Tapie. Photograph: Richard Drew/AP A French court has ordered a formal investigation into whether the IMF head Christine Lagarde abused her position when she was finance minister in allowing a huge state settlement to a businessman friend of President...
The UN security council has condemned human rights violations and use of force against civilians by Syrian authorities Link to this video Foreign secretary William Hague urged the “discredited” Syrian regime to end its violent repression as the United Nations security council adopted a statement condemning attacks on civilians and widespread human rights abuses....
The impact of an oil spill near Ikarama in the Niger delta. Photograph: Amnesty International UK Shell faces a bill of hundreds of millions of dollars after accepting full liability for two massive oil spills that devastated a Nigerian community of 69,000 people and may take at least 20 years to clean up. Experts...
The last time Hosni Mubarak visited New Cairo’s police academy building, his name was written above the door – one institution among hundreds around the country, from schools to metro stations, that had been named after the wartime pilot who rose to become president and transformed Egypt into his private fiefdom. On that day...
The impact of an oil spill near Ikarama in the Niger delta. Photograph: Amnesty International UK Shell faces a bill of hundreds of millions of dollars after accepting full liability for two massive oil spills that devastated a Nigerian community of 69,000 people and may take at least 20 years to clean up. Experts...