A father weeps as he joins other parents of the kidnapped schoolgirls during a meeting with the Borno state governor in Chibok. Photograph: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters. The families of more than 230 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Islamist insurgents more ...

With Carles Puyol among the players set to leave this summer, Barcelona are in desperate need of reinforcements. Photograph: Albert Gea/REUTERS. Barcelona are free to sign players in the summer transfer window after a Fifa ban imposed for breaching ...

Bashar al-Assad has not said whether he will stand for election but allies have predicted he will participate and win. Photograph: Sana/Reuters. Syria has called a presidential election for 3 June, preparing the ground for Bashar al-Assad to defy widespread ...

Reuters is reporting that five or six armoured personnel carriers have entered the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk, with the lead vehicle showing the Russian flag. 8.51am BST. Adam Swain on the Conversation website, provides some useful analysis on ...

Olivier Giroud celebrates scoring Arsenal's second goal against West Ham United on Tuesday night. Photograph: David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images. Olivier Giroud offered his tribute to the Hillsborough victims on the 25th anniversary of the disaster after ...

Olivier Giroud celebrates scoring Arsenal's second goal against West Ham United on Tuesday night. Photograph: David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images. Olivier Giroud offered his tribute to the Hillsborough victims on the 25th anniversary of the disaster after ...

William Hague said London was prepared to take a financial hit from Russian sanctions affecting business relations. Photograph: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images. The US and UK have urged Russia to bring the Ukraine crisis under control or face further ...

Bluefin-21 Crew on Australian vessel Ocean Shield lower the Bluefin-21 drone into the Indian ocean on Monday. Photograph: Peter Blair/AFP/Getty Images. Australian search officials may need to use a different underwater vehicle to scan the ocean floor for ...

State prosecutor Gerrie Nel questions Oscar Pistorius during cross examination in the Pretoria high court. Photograph: Pool/Getty Images. Oscar Pistorius was accused on Monday of deliberately breaking down into tearful histrionics to avoid difficult questions ...

What happens if Ukraine uses force against pro-Russian activists? Will Nato intervene? And what are Russia's plans? Share · Tweet this. Email. Ian Black · The Guardian, Monday 14 April 2014 11.20 EDT. Pro-Russian armed men in Slaviansk. Pro-Russian ...

'There will be no single solution across the world but the expansion of renewable energy is likely to be ubiquitous.' Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP. There are choices that need to be made if dangerous climate change is to be avoided in the 21st century.

The world's most famous murder suspect, Oscar Pistorius, returns to the witness box on Monday to face further gruelling cross-examination, amid signs that public sympathy is swinging away from him in favour of his chief tormentor. The Paralympic athlete ...

Nato has released satellite images of the Russian military buildup on Ukraine's eastern border: a powerful concentration of fighter planes, helicopters, artillery, infantry and special forces which officials say could be ready to move with just 12 hours notice.

Internet security researchers say people should not rush to change their passwords after the discovery of a widespread "catastrophic" software flaw that could expose website user details to hackers. The flaw, dubbed "Heartbleed", could reveal anything which ...

Crowds at Amahoro stadium during the 20th anniversary commemoration of the 1994 genocide. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Sorrowful wails and sobs resounded as thousands of Rwandans packed the country's main sports stadium to mark ...

Arsenal's manager, Arsène Wenger, shows his disgust as his team are soundly beaten 3-0 at Goodison Park. Photograph: Peter Powell/EPA. Arsène Wenger admitted his players may be fearful of Arsenal failing to qualify for the Champions League after ...

Arsenal's manager, Arsène Wenger, shows his disgust as his team are soundly beaten 3-0 at Goodison Park. Photograph: Peter Powell/EPA. Arsène Wenger admitted his players may be fearful of Arsenal failing to qualify for the Champions League after ...

Athlete Oscar Pistorius will be back in the glare of the world's media when his murder trial resumes on Monday but, in an unorthodox legal move, he will not be the first witness for his own defence. Instead he is expected to follow Prof Jan Botha, a pathologist, ...

The flame of remembrance arrives for a ceremony in the town of Kirehe, 20 years after the Hutu genocide directed at Tutsis in Rwanda. Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP. A former Anglican archbishop of Rwanda has challenged a claim by the Church of England ...

The flame of remembrance arrives for a ceremony in the town of Kirehe, 20 years after the Hutu genocide directed at Tutsis in Rwanda. Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP. A former Anglican archbishop of Rwanda has challenged a claim by the Church of England ...