Barack Obama

As talks between Israel and Palestine have been frozen since last year because of a dispute over settlements, Barack Obama said the US and Jordan both wanted Israelis and Palestinians to go back to the negotiating table, adding that it was "more vital than ever" for Israelis and Palestinians to restart negotiations on a peace deal.

Before his death Osama bin Laden indicated that Al-Qaeda should not bother to assassinate U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden as he is not important enough.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man accused of planning the 11 September terrorist attacks, which killed over 3,000 people in 2001, is to be tried by a military commission at Guantanamo Bay.

The American President, Barack Obama, has reportedly given authorisation to the CIA to conduct covert operations to help rebel forces in Libya.

It emerged today that Colin Firth, the lead actor in the new film "The King's Speech", in which he plays King George VI, may not be the biggest fan of the monarchy.

Shares in BP were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the Macondo oil well was declared "dead" by US officials yesterday.

Shares in BP were up in afternoon trading on the FTSE 100 after losing over one per cent of their value in morning trading.

Now however BP faces yet more attacks as U.S. legislators are looking not just at BP's safety precautions in the Gulf of Mexico, but at the possibility that the company may have lobbied for the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the man convicted of killing 270 people with the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in 1988. Of the 270 victims 190 were from the U.S.

Britain's largest company, BP, is the world's third largest oil major, a global energy firm the main products of which are oil, natural gas and alternative fuels. Its 2009 revenues of just over $246 billion exceed the GDP of Finland and it employs over 80,000 people. The company's headquarters is in London, its American base is in Houston, Texas and it is listed on both the London and New York Stock Exchanges with British and American shareholders each accounting for some 40 percent o...

National leaders at the G20 summit in Canada have binned the idea of a global levy on banks and have committed themselves to cutting their national budget deficits, despite concerns from the USA and developing economies.

Barack Obama, president of the United States of America, is demanding BP pay up to $20 bn in damages as tensions between US and UK mount over the growing oil crisis.

John McDonnell has abandoned his bid to become leader of the Labour Party just hours before the deadline for nominations closes.

Hopefuls looking to become the next leader of the Labour Party have until tomorrow to secure the 33 nominations from their fellow Labour MPs, if they are to run in the race proper in which their names will be put before the wider party.