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Thailand and Cambodia border clashes escalate
Up to 50,000 people flee as fighting over disputed Preah Vihear temple spreads, despite US-backed ceasefire negotiationsThe worst fighting in years between Thailand and Cambodia has spread, with the...
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Taliban prison break inmates recaptured
Afghan officials say at least 65 of the 480 escaped prisoners caught as Nato claims air strike killed al-Qaida commanderAfghan forces have recaptured at least 65 of the 480 inmates who escaped from the...
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Top al-Qaida fighter killed in Afghanistan, Nato reveals
Death of Abu Hafs al-Najdi, also known as Abdul Ghani, in early April is 'significant milestone' for US-led coalitionOne of the most important al-Qaida fighters in Afghanistan was killed earlier this...
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From the archive, 26 April 1948: Irgun fails to seize Jaffa
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 26 April 1948Irgun, the Jewish terrorist organisation, yesterday morning assembled a strong force on the "frontier" of the Jewish city of Tel Aviv and...
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Kate Middleton: William's very private princess-to-be
A slick press team and loyal friends have preserved Middleton's mystique in the runup to the royal wedding, but plenty can be gleaned from what is not saidBeautiful, intelligent and down-to-earth, the...
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Whimper no more: Peru national anthem bound for glory
1821 original may get rewrite to banish downbeat sentiments as country flexes growing economic musclesAs a national anthem it is not exactly a morale booster. "For a long time, the oppressed Peruvian...
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Weatherwatch: global round-up
The heatwave across north-west Europe intensified last week, with temperatures in France, the Low Countries and Germany often above 20C. On Good Friday, Paris and Brussels reached 26C, and 28C was...
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Rio World Cup demolitions leave favela families trapped in ghost town
Homes are being torn down and pests and squatters are taking over the rubble of Favela do Metrô, but hundreds of families remain with nowhere else to goFrom the roof of his home in the Favela do Metrô,...
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Royal wedding puts icing on Portmeirion's tea set cake
Royal wedding offers £500,000 boost to Royal Worcester and Spode owner PortmeirionStoke City's first ever cup final next month makes it a good time to be a Potter, but it's also good to be a potter in...
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Haiti delays certifying election results
Electoral body says it would not publish results of 19 seats in legislature after widespread claims of counting irregularitiesHaiti is facing further political disarray after fraud allegations forced...
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Teenager to become maharaja of Jaipur
Padmanabh Singh, 13, inherits title of 'first amongst the rajas of India' but faces feud over £400m fortune and his own lineageBy the time the sun sets over the fabled "pink city" of Jaipur on...
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Poly Styrene obituary
One of the punk era's original talents who fronted the band X-Ray SpexIt did not take long for the punk rock movement of the 1970s to lose its creative impetus and lapse into tedious repetition, but...
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French intellectuals feud over Libya campaign
Film-maker Claude Lanzmann turns against philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy, who urged Sarkozy to intervene in LibyaWhile the Libyan army ducks Nato air strikes, a different kind of war is raging on...
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Tender Napalm – review
Southwark Playhouse, LondonThey sit on chairs at opposite ends of a traverse stage. They could be gladiators squaring up to each other, but this man and woman are lovers. She (Vinette Robinson) is...
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Jaroussky/L'Arpeggiata/Pluhar – review
Wigmore Hall, LondonCountertenor Philippe Jaroussky's latest project is a quirky collaboration with L'Arpeggiata and its theorbo-playing founder-director, Christina Pluhar. Entitled Teatro d'Amore, it...
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Roger Hallett obituary
My father, Roger Hallett, who has died aged 69 from lung failure after suffering emphysema, was a landscape gardener, archivist and antique dealer. He became well known for his campaigning work at the...
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Dorothy Stafford obituary
In 1994 my aunt Dorothy Stafford, who has died aged 88, went to help a group in Ruthin, north Wales, who were collecting aid to provide relief for the Balkan conflict. Two speakers from Women's Aid for...
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Royal wedding fever hits US media but public interest remains low
Prominent news anchors decamp to London with Cat Deeley and Sharon Osbourne signed up as punditsIf the media were a reflection of the mood of the country they cover, America would be covered in...
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Martin Webster obituary
He changed the face of televised athleticsAs BBC Television's executive producer of athletics until last year, Martin Webster, who has died from motor neurone disease aged 56, changed the face of track...
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Yemen schools and shops shut in campaign to oust Ali Abdullah Saleh
Civil disobedience campaign against President Ali Abdullah Saleh held in 18 Yemeni towns and citiesYemeni residents have launched a civil disobedience campaign in an attempt to bring down the country's...
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