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BBC News with Zoe DiamondThe authorities in Libya say that fighting between rivalmilitiashas killed 14 people and wounded at least eight others. Reportin
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BBC News with Neil NunesPresident Obama is making a surprise visit to Afghanistan on the first anniversary of the death of the al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. He has sig
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BBC News with Stewart MacintoshMembers of the UN Security Council say they are finalising a draft resolution authorising anadvance teamof observers to tr
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BBC News with Mike CooperSudan has pulled out of negotiations with South Sudan as heavy fighting continues for a second day between the two countries over the disputed He
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BBC News with Sue MontgomeryThe two contenders in the French presidential election are taking part in a televised debate. Polls suggest President Nicolas Sarkozy is
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BBC News with Marion MarshallTaliban militants have carried out a series of attacks in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul. Nato bases, the parliament and Western emba
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BBC News with Mike CooperThe official body overseeing the upcoming presidential election in Egypt has barred 10 candidates. They include the candidate of the Muslim Broth
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BBC News with Sue MontgomeryThe security forces in Egypt have finally dispersed thousands of demonstrators after hours of clashes near the defence ministry in Cairo. A ni
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BBC News with Julie CandlerThe latest results from the first round of the French presidential election show that the Socialist Party challenger Francois Hollande will fac
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BBC News with Jerry SmitSudan and South Sudan have moved closer to full-scale war with the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir saying he wants to liberate the people of Sou
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BBC News with Iain PurdonThe UN special envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, has indicated that he's gravely concerned about reports that Syrians who speak to UN observers are be
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News BBC News with Julie CandlerThe government in the Netherlands has collapsed with the prime minister and his cabinet resigning in a row over European budget rules. The
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BBC News with Kathy ClugstonThe Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng hasappealed tothe central government for justice after making a dramatic escape from hou
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BBC news with Stewart MacintoshOfficials in the United States say they and their allies have disrupted a plot to bomb a plane involving an upgraded device similar to that
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BBC News with Marion MarshallThe United Nations Security Council has condemned two suicide car bombings which left at least 55 people dead in the Syrian capital Damascus.