Updated: 03:56, Monday, 21 May 2012

Conflict

The Smithwick Tribunal seeks more time.

03:56, Monday, 21 May 2012

The Smithwick Tribunal, which is investigating claims of garda collusion in the deaths of two senior RUC officers, has sought another extension of time to hear evidence and write a final report.

Mladic goes on trial for war crimes in The Hague

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic has gone on trial accused of carrying out a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing.
HRW criticises NATO over civilian deaths in Libya

Monday, 14 May 2012

NATO air strikes killed 72 civilians in Libya last year, Human Rights Watch said today, accusing the western alliance of failing to acknowledge the scope of collateral damage it caused during the campaign that helped oust Muammar Gaddafi.
Irish team to remember Loughinisland at Euro 2012

Thursday, 17 May 2012

The Irish team will wear black armbands during its match against Italy at Euro 2012, to commemorate the victims of one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles.
British citizen was informant in foiled bomb plot

Friday, 11 May 2012

The undercover agent in the operation to foil an underwear bomb plot linked to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was a British citizen.
Thousands of Palestinians mark Nakba Day

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Thousands of Palestinians have taken to the streets of the West Bank and Gaza in memory of the "catastrophe" which befell them when Israel was founded in 1948.
Syria accuses Lebanese areas of helping terrorists

Friday, 18 May 2012

Syria has accused Lebanese areas of helping al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood along the Syrian border in a letter to the United Nations.
Anti-Islam lectures at US military college

Friday, 11 May 2012

The US military has begun an investigation after it emerged that a course at one of the country's leading military academies was teaching that Islam was an enemy of America.
Afghanistan withdrawal to dominate NATO summit

Sunday, 20 May 2012

NATO leaders are meeting in Chicago for a summit aiming to chart a path out of Afghanistan.
At least 55 killed in Damascus bombing

Thursday, 10 May 2012

State media in Syria is reporting that large explosions have killed 55 people in Damascus.
Powerful explosion hits Aleppo in Syria - reports

Friday, 11 May 2012

A powerful explosion has hit Syria's northern city of Aleppo, close to the ruling party headquarters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
US drone strikes kill eight in Yemen

Thursday, 10 May 2012

US drone strikes have killed eight al-Qaeda militants gathered in a house in southern Yemen, according to tribal sources.
Bomb attacks cast doubt on UN mission in Syria

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

A large explosion hit cars accompanying United Nations ceasefire monitors in the southern Syrian province of Deraa.
US says would-be suicide bomber a 'double agent'

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

US officials have said the would-be suicide bomber in a foiled plot by al-Qaeda was planted in the group by an allied intelligence agency or turned into an informant early in the conspiracy.
'Last chance' to avoid civil war in Syria: Annan

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has said his peace plan could be the last chance to avoid civil war in Syria.
US officials say 'underwear bomb' plot foiled

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

US officials say a plot to attack an airliner bound for the US or another Western country with an improved "underwear bomb" has been foiled.
Five killed in bomb attack in Syria

Saturday, 5 May 2012

At least five people have been killed in a bomb attack in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Fighting breaks out in Syrian city Deir al-Zor

Sunday, 6 May 2012

Fighting between rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces erupted in an oil producing province in eastern Syria on the eve of a parliamentary election.
Syria peace plan on track - Annan spokesman

Friday, 4 May 2012

A peace plan for Syria brokered by international mediator Kofi Annan is on track despite reports of violations of the ceasefire, Annan's spokesman Ahmad Fawzi has said.
At least 20 killed in Dagestan bombing

Thursday, 3 May 2012

Up to 20 people were killed and 30 more wounded when two powerful blasts hit a police post outside the capital of Russia's Dagestan region, Russian media reported.

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