A chronology of key events
A chronology of key events
BBC NI political editor Mark Devenport looks at the key battlegrounds in the general election.
Guest columnist Ahmed Rashid on why the strategic dialogue between the US and Pakistan is a break with the past.
Students at a Baghdad college tell the BBC's Hugh Sykes what they think about voting for the first time, the occupation, Facebook and Football.
A multitude of political groups were vying for the support of Iraqi voters in parliamentary polls on 7 March.
A controlled explosion on a Boeing 747 suggests that if a bomb had been successfully detonated on a US flight, it would have still landed safely.
Indian Premier League supremo Lalit Modi is adamant the tournament will not be moved, despite security concerns.
Transcript of edited highlights of Tony Blair's appearance at the Iraq war inquiry chaired by Sir John Chilcot on 29 January 2010.
President Barack Obama used his first State of the Union address to focus on the tough domestic issues facing the US as it emerges from recession. Here is a full transcript of his speech, with notes from the BBC's Mark Mardell and Paul Reynolds
A transcript of US President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.
Yemen is trying to maintain a delicate balance reining in al-Qaeda while trying to keep its own population on side, Paul Wood reports.
Why would a former Guantanamo Bay prison guard track down two of his former captives - two British men - and agree to fly to London to meet them?
Rebels in north Yemen say 15 civilians have been killed in an air strike by government planes.
Paul Reynolds of BBC News Online examines the implications of US President Barack Obama's suspension of the transfer of Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo Bay.
Guest columnist Ahmed Rashid says 2010 will present Afghanistan and Pakistan with their most difficult set of challenges since the end of the Cold War.
BBC Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen looks back at last year's war in Gaza and finds that another big outbreak of violence may only be one serious incident away.
The appeal of a man convicted of murdering a soldier in Northern Ireland is expected to hear that the suspect was "water-boarded" by soldiers.
The Yemeni army says it will soon take the northern city of Saada, as it advances toward rebels barricaded in the old town.
Full text of US President Barack Obama's speech announcing the deployment of 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan.