UK jets divert passenger plane flying from Pakistan to Stansted after threat call to air traffic control.
Europe Last Modified: 24 May 2013 17:52 GMT
Measure to curb consumption and advertising seen by critics as sign of government's increasing conservative policies.
Europe Last Modified: 24 May 2013 19:54 GMT
US Secretary of State John Kerry criticised Iran for cutting all but eight men out of the country's presidential poll.
Americas Last Modified: 24 May 2013 17:16 GMT
Top North Korean envoy meets China's Xi Jinping in an apparent effort to mend fences between Pyongyang and Beijing.
Asia-Pacific Last Modified: 24 May 2013 18:38 GMT
Defence department says it rescued three women and six children captured by rebel group Boko Haram in country's north.
Africa Last Modified: 24 May 2013 18:24 GMT
In Depth
Struggle and solidarity: African Union at 50
24 May 2013 13:52 GMT
An interactive dashboard examines the history, successes and challenges facing the group as leaders meet in Addis Ababa.
New Zealand to pay colonial compensation
24 May 2013 19:01 GMT
Kiwis wrap up three-decade long process to pay hundreds of millions to indigenous peoples for colonial injustice.
In Video
Programme Highlights
Woolwich attack: An act of terrorism?
Inside Story24 May 2013 11:35 GMT
After a British soldier was hacked to death in the capital London, we analyse the repercussions of this act.
Restoring Rangoon
101 East22 May 2013 15:48 GMT
101 East takes a rare peek inside Yangon's most famous building, as Myanmar's colonial architecture is under threat.
Programmes
Featured
Syria: The War Within
Two years since the start of the uprising, rebels and Assad's forces remain locked in conflict.
China Rising
A four-part series that gives a rare insight into the country on the move, with history in tow.
Iran Elections
News and analysis of 2013 presidential contest as Ahmadinejad finishes second term.
Crisis in Bangladesh
Extensive coverage of war crimes tribunals and controversial calls for blasphemy laws.
Al-Nakba
Series on the Palestinian 'catastrophe' of 1948 that led to dispossession and conflict that still endures.
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