International

Hutu president Melchior Ndadaye assassinated by Tutsi soldiers. The country plunges into conflict that claims some 300,000 lives. Newly elected president Cyprien Ntaryamira dies when his plane is shot down. Massacre of Hutu…

rebel, to power. They say security forces target members of the FNL, other rebels, and independent political activists. As the government grows more repressive, it risks lending new credibility to the rebels and inflaming the conflict,…

A Massachusetts airport is suing the US secret service, saying an unauthorised motorcade for President Barack Obama last year caused $676,000 (£433,000) in damage to its only airstrip. Obama will not be welcome again at Marlboro…

Tens of thousands of Bolivians have taken to the streets to reproach President Evo Morales over a police crackdown on indigenous protesters. The marchers decried a perceived betrayal by Bolivia’s first Indian president of his prime…

PolicehavearrestedfivepeopleinShanghai for making and selling fake versions of Apple’s iPhone, according to a report. Those arrested were part of an organised gang that bought components for the phones from Guangdong in southern China and…

A judge has ordered construction to be suspended on a controversial hydroelectric dam in the Amazon. Judge Carlos Castro Martins said that all work on the Belo Monte dam that interfered with the natural course of the Xingu river should be…

She is one of Brazil’s most successful exports: a supermodel whose meteoric rise to catwalk fame has transformed her into one of the wealthiest, most recognisable women on earth. But Gisele Bündchen’s latest project, a lingerie…

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has insisted on her innocence during the final speech in her trial for abuse of office. The opposition leader yesterday broke with her tradition of refusing to rise when speaking to the…

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has insisted on her innocence during the final speech in her trial for abuse of office. The opposition leader yesterday broke with her tradition of refusing to rise when speaking to the…

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has insisted on her innocence during the final speech in her trial for abuse of office. The opposition leader yesterday broke with her tradition of refusing to rise when speaking to the…