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BBC News with Zoe DiamondPresident Obama has invited Republican and Democratic leaders of Congress to the White House in the wake of mid-term elections in which he lost h
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BBC News with Zoe DiamondOfficials in Pakistan say at least 59 people have been killed in attacks at mosques in the northwest of the country. In the second attack, a gren
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BBC News with Nick KellyThe newly re-elected Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has re-appointed the Shia leader Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister. The move is part of a powe
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BBC News, this is Mike Cooper.Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has urged her supporters not to give up hope. She told them she would need h
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BBC News with Jonathan IzardThe American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has defended US military operations in Afghanistan. She was responding to criticism from the A
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BBC News with Marion MarshallA wave of bomb explosions across Baghdad have killed at least 63 people and injured up to 300 others. The blasts took place on Tuesday evenin
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BBC News with Jonathan WheatleyA record ransom has been paid to Somali pirates in exchange for a South Korean tanker. About $9m was paid for the Samho Dream, which was se
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BBC News with Marion MarshallThe second in line to the British throne Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton have spoken openly of their plans to marry hours af
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BBC News with David LeggePeople in Burma have voted in the country's first general election for two decades amid reports of low turnout and irregularities. Two large par
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BBC News with David LeggeOne of the giants of American industry, General Motors, hasresumed trading its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, 18 months
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BBC News with Nick KellyPresident Obama has announced his support for India's bid for a permanent place on the United Nations Security Council. He was addressing the Ind
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BBC News with David LeggeThe American government commission looking into the causes of April's huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico says the three main companies involve
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BBC News with Marion MarshallThe United Nations has issued an urgentappeal formore funds to tackle the spread of cholera in Haiti. UN aid agencies say th
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BBC News with Gaenor HowellsThe Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has addressed thousands of cheering supporters after her release from house arrest in Rangoo
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BBC News with Michael PowlesPresident Obama says Nato members have agreed to set up a new anti-missile defence system in Europe, possibly involving Russia. Speaking at a