Remembering makes us forget, at least according to a group of neuroscientists here in Britain who watched the volunteers remember one memory which in turn caused them to forget another. To explain the process, I spoke to the lead researcher from Birm...
Good morning. As we have been hearing, the monster Cyclone Pam has devastated the islands of Vanuatu. President Lonsdale has appealed for a helping hand, and I'm so pleased that Britain, along with a number of others, has responded by pledging up to...
In their biggest defensive so far against Islamic State militants, Iraqi troops and their Shia militia alliance are gaining the upper hand in the city of Tikirt, much of which is now in Iraqi government hands as Ahmed Maher reports. Iraqi army soldie...
Two weeks ago, the American Bangladeshi writer Avijit Roy was attacked and murdered as he walked back froma book fair in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. Mr. Roy lived in America and was just visiting Bangladesh. But he was well-known there as an athei...
The Egyptian government has formally announced plans to build a new capital east of the present one Cairo. This will involve moving the country's parliament, its ministries and foreign embassies. A city the size of Singapore is in vision with a popul...
Theres been lots of controversy here in the UK since the news broke on Tuesday that the BBC had suspended Jeremy Clarkson, one of the presenters of the globally popular Top Gear TV program. Hundreds of thousands of Mr. Clarsons fans and critics have...
Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg told delegates at a conference in Barcelona this week: I will only hire someone to work directly for me if I would work for that person. He added: it's a pretty good test and I think this rule has served me well. The...
The police chief of the US city of Ferguson is to resign. Thomas Jackson has been criticized by many activists following the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by one of his officers in August. Kim Ghattas reports from Washington. Police Chief Tho...
Islamic State militants have released a video which appears to show a young boy executing an Israeli Arab prisoner. In the footage, the man (who) identifies himself as 19-year-old Muhammad Said Ismail Musallam. Kevin Connolly reports from Jerusalem....
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has admitted, for the first time, that he ordered the annexation of the Ukrainian province of Crimea weeks before paramilitaries took power there. His comments featured in a trailer for a documentary to be shown...
