International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs on her forthcoming US bok tour - and a bad case of Pre-Book Tour Nerves.
I went to see The Dictator, Sacha Baron Cohen's take on Gaddafi, ready to be offended, but in the end I just laughed. The plot was bonkers and the jokes variable, but after 18 months immersed in the h
"Maybe weżre going to hell," said Irene Lozano, an independent Deputy in the Spanish Assembly. "But if we do, weżll take Germany with us."
Don't come to this blog for fixed views, and paint-by-numbers journalism which seeks out the interviews and facts to fit a pre-conceived thesis.
The Chinese government is always accusing the Dalai Lama of courting media attention, but in London this morning he was avoiding the questions which would guarantee coverage.
Violent sectarian clashes erupt in Lebanon after the bloody uprising to oust Syria's President Bashar al-Assad spilled over the border, killing five and wounding more than 70.
Blind Chinese dissident appeals for asylum in the United States, putting further strain on Hilary Clinton's official talks with Beijing.
The publication online of documents seized at Osama bin Laden's house underlines the gulf between western and jihadi thinking.
International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs on the diplomatic implications of the United States's decision to protect the blind dissident lawyer, Chen Guangcheng.
The question now is will al-Qaeda, with its new North African leadership, be able to capitalise on the politcal instability which follows revolution?