YESTERDAY
Riot police clear square of Turkish protesters
Riot police have moved into Taksim Square and Gezi Park. Tear gas and water cannons were fired to force the thousands of demonstrators out of the two…
US: political settlement in Syria further out of reach
The use of chemical weapons and the involvement of Hezbollah fighters in the conflict in Syria is threatening to put a political settlement out of…
Rohani triumphs in Iranian presidential election
It is a stunning electoral victory by any measure; the most moderate of the six candidates in Iran's presidential election, Hassan Rohani has not…
Female students die in bus attack in Pakistan
A bomb explosion has ripped through a bus in western Pakistan. At least eleven died in the carnage. The attackers then fled the scene and stormed the…
Iranians see Rohani win as potential game-changer
The Iranian people have delivered a shock result in the country's presidential election, massively throwing their weight behind the relatively…
