Greece's PM offers to reopen 'lite' version of ERT
Antonis Samaras proposes pared-down state broadcaster after abrupt closure causes deep rifts in ruling coalitionGreece's prime minister, Antonis Samaras, has offered to reopen a pared-down version of...
View ArticleIran: an opportunity to be seized | Editorial
This is about more than one man – the way he came to power matters, tooAmid the storm clouds thickening and darkening over Syria, there was one shaft of sunlight at the weekend: the election of a...
View ArticleUS military to open elite combat roles to women by mid-2015
Army ranger programme to be first to accept women for elite combat training under guidelines outlined by the PentagonWomen may be able to start training as US army rangers by mid-2015 and as navy...
View ArticleIn praise of … Northern Ireland's G8
There is something genuinely heartening about a world event of this kind happening in Northern IrelandThere are plenty of reasons to be cynical about the G8 summit – including the improbability of...
View ArticleObama defends 'system of checks and balances' around NSA surveillance
Addressing leaked NSA files, president says Department of Justice is investigating 'possible extradition' of Edward SnowdenBarack Obama addressed what he described as the public "ruckus" over the...
View ArticleWhat lies behind the power price increases in Australia? | John Quiggin
John Quiggin: To explain the latest 20% rise of electricity cost in Queensland, look no further than the free market reforms kickstarted in the 1990sJohn Quiggin
View ArticleUS government identifies men on Guantánamo 'indefinite detainee' list
List of 46 men comes in response to freedom of information requests that also include names of all 166 captives being heldThe US government has finally released the names of 46 men being held in...
View ArticleSteve Bell on day one of the G8 summit – cartoon
David Cameron and Vladimir Putin hold talks in Downing Street on differences over the Syrian crisis at G8 summitSteve Bell
View ArticleJunk food still marketed to children as companies bypass rules
Clampdown on marketing to British children through TV advertising is not enough to protect them, says WHO reportFood companies are accused on Tuesday by the World Health Organisation, the public health...
View ArticleThe Northern Territory is the murder capital of Australia
New crime statistics show the Northern Territory leads Australia in murder rate and assaultsThe Northern Territory is the murder capital of Australia, according to new crime statistics.The state and...
View ArticleLabor leadership: Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd - politics live blog
Labor caucus meets as leadership tensions remain unresolvedKatharine Murphy
View ArticleIranian president-elect Rouhani promises better relations with west
Successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to take moderate line, increase transparency on nuclear front and build trustIran's president-elect, Hassan Rouhani, whose sensational victory in Friday's...
View ArticleObama and Putin at odds over Syria
US president says talks 'very useful' but Russia admits 'our opinions do not coincide' as pair look to end conflict in SyriaProspects of agreement between Moscow and Washington on how to end the war in...
View ArticleEdward Snowden says US government has destroyed his chance of a fair trial
In a live chat with Guardian readers, NSA whistleblower says US leaders cannot 'cover this up by jailing or murdering me'The NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has warned that the truth about the extent...
View ArticleBrazil protests catch authorities on the back foot
New generation radicalised as protests sparked by fury at bus fare hike mushroom into vast rallies against failing public services and cost of World CupBrazilians woke up with a mix of euphoria, fear...
View ArticleEnniskillen survivor asks Libyan prime minister to compensate IRA victims
Peter Robinson hands over letter to Libya's premier Ali Zeidan on behalf of victim of Remembrance Sunday bomb attackA survivor of the Enniskillen bombing atrocity of 1987 has challenged the Libyan...
View ArticlePrism: How can this level of state surveillance be legal? | Anya Proops
It's hard to see how any system that captures data from millions of law-abiding citizens satisfies our right to privacyIn the late 18th century the philosopher Jeremy Bentham developed a new type of...
View ArticleObama has not given up on tougher gun control reform, insists Joe Biden
Biden says senators who voted against extending federal background checks are now prepared to change their mindsJoe Biden has insisted that the Obama administration has not given up on its push for...
View ArticleProstitution trial against Ribéry and Benzema is adjourned until 2014
• Technical challenge delays hearing of central charges• Benzema lawyer says wait will be 'painful' for his clientThe trial of the French footballers Franck Ribéry and Karim Benzema over claims they...
View ArticleBig ideas can be bad ideas – even in the age of the thinktank | Mark Mazower
Forget the US model. British academics should aspire to offer more than just intellectual fig leaves for policymakersFirst there was Francis Fukuyama's The End of History. More recently, we had Malcolm...
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