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In the Picture: Iran’s presidential election
A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Tehran (Getty) By Aranya Jain Iran goes to the polls today, with 6 candidates competing to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, a group largely consisting of...
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Food for thought: protesting over provisions
A student prepares a barbecue protest against the rise in bus fares (Getty) Protests in Brazil are running in to their fifth night, a sign that Brazil’s previously polite manner of protesting has done...
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In the Picture: Mohamed Morsi, one year on
Mohamed Morsi (Getty) Mohamed Morsi’s presidency is teetering on the brink. Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Morsi moved into the presidency a year ago. But the anniversary has drawn...
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In the Picture: running for the 2020 Olympics
Zojoji-temple in Tokyo (Getty) The most significant International Olympic Committee meeting in a generation takes place this weekend – the committee will choose a host city for 2020 at the weekend amid...
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In the Picture: chemical weapons
UN arms expert collects samples for investigation into suspected chemical weapons strike (Ammar al-Arbini/AFP/Getty Images) By Catherine Contiguglia and David Gallerano The build up to a US military...
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In the Picture: Vladimir Putin
ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images By Catherine Contiguglia and David Gallerano Russia has been the talk of the town since the announcement by foreign minister Sergei Lavrov of a diplomatic initiative...
View ArticleIn the Picture: Terror in Africa
As Kenya began three days of national mourning for the victims of the country’s worst terrorist attack in 15 years, the country’s security forces continued to comb Nairobi’s Westgate mall for victims....
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In the Picture: Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela a few days after being released from jail in 1990 (TREVOR SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images) As the world mourns for Nelson Mandela, tributes have poured in from the many people around the world...
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In the Picture: Celebrating Nelson Mandela
(Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) Thousands gathered in Soweto’s enormous stadium for a lively memorial service celebrating Nelson Mandela’s life yesterday but much of the news focused on the behaviour of...
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In the Picture: Thai protests
(CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images) By Toby Luckhurst There seems to be no end in sight to the protests that have engulfed Bangkok since late last year. Anti-government demonstrators are...
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In the picture: The Petraeus scandal
Gen David Petraeus and his wife Holly walk into a Senate hearing, watched by amongst others PAula Broadwell (seated). (AFP) It’s not everyday that serious newspapers get to combine sex, spies and the...
View ArticleIn the Picture: Israel’s Iron Dome
In wartime, everyone wants a hero. The one that has emerged from Israel in recent days is no individual soldier, but a technology: the so-called 'Iron Dome'. Read more
View ArticleIn the Picture: Conflict in eastern Congo
The advances made in recent weeks by a group of rebel soldiers calling themselves M23 have laid bare the frailty of the Congolese state. They have also underlined the continuing and disruptive...
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In the picture: Chuck Hagel’s nomination as US defence secretary
Controversy has swirled around the candidacy of Chuck Hagel as secretary of defence, centred on past comments the Republican former senator made about the “Jewish lobby” intimidating congress,...
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Syria’s uranium stash?
As if concerns over whether Syria’s chemical weapons might fall into the wrong hands amid the increasingly violent civil war weren’t enough to worry about, behind the scenes nuclear experts are now...
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In the Picture: censorship in China
Demonstrators outside the offices of Southern Weekend in Guangzhou on January 8 (AFP/Getty) Any government that is intent on controlling public debate has traditionally had a number of tools at its...
View ArticleIn the Picture: the life and death of Aaron Swartz
A suicide is always a tragedy, but that of 26-year-old Aaron Swartz on Friday has reverberated with particular force across the internet. That's partly because of the enormous sense of waste - he was a...
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In the Picture: Israel’s 2013 election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits an east Jerusalem settlement in October 2012. (Moshe Milner/GPO via Getty Images) Israelis go to the polls today in an election widely expected to...
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In the Picture: Obama, Brennan and the drone issue
A police officer asks protesters to move to the sidewalk during a demonstration in front of a Raytheon company building in Florida in August 2012 (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The CIA’s drone programme may...
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In the picture: food scandals and regulatory nightmares
"DOLY-COM" abattoir, one of the two Romanian companies exporting horse meat to EU countries (Getty) An emerging scandal about horsemeat found in processed foods has raised questions over European...
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