As the latest UN talks on Syria flounder we hear about US 'contingency' plans/ The reasons why a famine becomes a crisis/ The Pakistani journalist...

Fighting continues in Damascus after Wednesday's suicide bombing / Egypt's former spy chief dies / Hammam football ban overturned.

United States says Wednesday's bomb attack in Damascus shows Assad regime 'losing control' of Syria/ Israel blames Iran for Bulgaria blast/ UN says...

Syrian ministers killed in suicide bombing / Hungarian Nazi war crimes suspect arrested / Indian actor Rajesh Khanna dies at 69.

Call to cancel two executions in US / Doping scandal hits Tour de France / A Zambian chief leads by example in fight against HIV

Fighting reported in central Damascus / British government admits Mau Mau torture / HSBC faces US Senate over money-laundering.

Top Syrian defector slams Assad in BBC interview / FIFA's new code of ethics / 500 year old underpants

Lavrov calls Syria sanction talks blackmail / North Korean army chief loses posts / Athletes begin arriving for London 2012 Olympics.

Syria violence escalates amid diplomatic push on Moscow and Beijing / Rise in refugees entering South Sudan / Is Honduras the most dangerous country...

Hillary Clinton talks with Egypt's military leaders / Japanese troops airlift supplies to flooded areas / African Union leadership contest / British...