BBC News with Neil Nunes. The White House says the Nigerian man accused of attempting to blow up an American airliner last month has given useful intelligence to investigators. A spokesman said FBI interrogators spent a number of hours with the man a...

BBC News with Nick Kelly. Less than six months before a general election in Britain, the governing Labour Party is embroiled again in internal strife. Two former cabinet ministers have called for secret ballot of members to decide whether the Prime M...

BBC News with Iain Purdon. President Obamas National Security Adviser General James Jones says Americans will be shocked by the findings of a White House inquiry into the intelligence failures leading up to the attempted Christmas Day airliner bombin...

Armed gunmen have attacked buses carrying the Dogo national football team on the border of Angola and Kongo.At least sxi members of the soccer huut and several of injuries are described as serious.The team was traveling to Angola for the Africa cub o...

BBC News with Ally Macue. The government of Togo says it has recalled its football team from the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola following a gun attack on the squads buses on Friday. However, the head of the football's world governing body, sublet of...

BBC News with Marian Marshall Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson is stepping aside temporarily. He's faced criticism over his conduct and that of his wife, who secured funds for her teenage lover to set up in business. Mr Robinson said...

BBC News with Sue Montgomery Parliament in Nigeria has voted to send a delegation to Saudi Arabia to check on the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua. He's been in hospital there since November, being treated for heart trouble. As Will Ross reports fr...

BBC News with Michael Powles The President of Haiti Rene Preval says tens of thousands of people are feared dead following Tuesday's earthquake which destroyed much of the capital Port-au-Prince. Schools and hospitals were among the buildings that co...