The transfer to Yemen from Guantanamo Bay of Osama Bin Laden's former driver could mean the beginning of the end for the controversial detention facility, writes the BBC's Kim Ghattas.

Details of MSPs who employ close family members have been published.

Bosnia's political tensions drive its international supervisors to stay on, as peace is undermined by mistrust.

EU ministers agree to reform farm policy by moving more subsidies away from production and liberalising the dairy market.

A couple have divorced after the wife saw the husband having online sex in the virtual world of Second Life. So how do avatars have sex?

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Leading Catholic and Muslim scholars tried to find some common ground in a new forum that met at the Vatican for the first time this week.

Barack Obama's victory in the US presidential election opens up intriguing possibilities for relations with Iran, says the BBC's John Leyne.

Gloomy figures on the UK's manufacturing and services sector underscore calls for an aggressive cut in interest rates.

The Bank of England's rate-setters are expected to cut the base rate to at least 4% from 4.5%, but could they cut even further?

Cyprus' rival leaders resume talks on re-unifying the island, amid growing public pessimism that there could be a positive outcome.

Top military officers from the US and Russia meet to discuss ways to improve relations damaged by Russia's conflict with Georgia.

The Tories accuse the government of offering "no action" on immigration after a minister "rowed back" on a population cap.

The government is "floundering" on UK immigration policy because it believes it is an "electoral liability", the Tories say.

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The number of migrants entering the UK may have to be reduced because of the economic crisis, an immigration minister says.

A look at how the the financial melt-down has affected foreign policy issues in the presidential race.

The NHS is getting better, the Healthcare Commission says. Over recent years the number of NHS trusts getting the top excellent ratings have been rising. But even with amid such achievements one are stands out - Salford.

Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, who has been awarded the Nobel peace prize, is a veteran peace negotiator who played an important role in the 2005 accord between Indonesia and rebels in its Aceh province.

A seven-year-old boy is filmed killing rare reptiles and feeding live ones to a crocodile at a popular zoo in Australia.