World news and comment from the Guardian | World news | The Guardian

Latest

France 1hr 46min ago

Eric Cantona seeks support for shot at becoming next president of France

10 Jan 2012: Former Manchester United striker has sent out letter to mayors to try to gather 500 signatures needed to run in this year's vote
Immigration and asylum 3hr 29min ago

Migrants do not affect jobless levels, say researchers

10 Jan 2012: National Institute of Economic and Social Research report in sharp contrast to claim by Migration Watch
London School of Economics and Political Science 4hr ago

Anger over appearance of ex-Egyptian finance minister at LSE lecture

9 Jan 2012:
Youssef Boutros-Ghali – sentenced by Cairo court in absentia to 30 years in prison – ushered out of side door by officials
Israel 4hr 11min ago

Israeli parliament debate turns ugly as politician throws water over colleague

9 Jan 2012: Israeli ultranationalist faces suspension for her outburst after being told to 'shut up' during row over human rights rally
Oil sands 4hr 20min ago

Oil sands pipeline battle turns ugly

9 Jan 2012:
In an open letter defending a controversial project, Canada's natural resources minister accuses a pipeline's opponents of colluding with 'radicals' and 'jet-setting celebrities'
Iran 4hr 50min ago

Iranian court sentences 'CIA agent' to death

9 Jan 2012: Father of Amir Hekmati says he was just visiting family as Iranian media says country has started enriching uranium
Automotive industry 4hr 57min ago

Detroit auto show: glitzy but green

9 Jan 2012:
Biggest US motor show in years reveals renewed confidence among carmakers – and an unprecedented focus on fuel economy
Obama administration 5hr 39min ago

Obama praises 'outstanding' Bill Daley as White House chief of staff quits

9 Jan 2012:
Jack Lew, administration's budget director, will become Obama's third chief of staff as president after Daley's resignation
Swiss franc 6hr 36min ago

Swiss central banker steps down to save SNB credibility

9 Jan 2012: Philipp Hildebrand maintains innocence of insider dealing but quits to protect the Swiss National Bank's reputation
Malaysia 6hr 42min ago

Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim acquitted of sodomy charges

9 Jan 2012: Politician free to lead party in elections expected this year after winning two-year case that he claimed was 'politically motivated'
Iraq 7hr 28min ago

Baghdad hit by two fatal car bombs

9 Jan 2012: At least one attack appears to have targeted Shia pilgrims, raising fears of a new wave of sectarian violence
Breast implant scandal 7hr 54min ago

UK breast implant providers defy call for free replacement

9 Jan 2012: Three UK cosmetic surgery firms reject health secretary's moral case to remove and replace PIP implants for free
Mining 8hr 11min ago

Grand Canyon uranium mining to be banned for 20 years

9 Jan 2012: Environmental groups hail ban on new mining claims around the canyon, saying it will secure Obama's green legacy
Drugs 8hr 26min ago

Nicotine replacement has no long-term benefit when quitting smoking

9 Jan 2012: Study suggests people who use nicotine gum or patches to quit smoking are just as likely to have relapsed a few years later
Pakistan 8hr 26min ago

Pakistani diplomat accused over memo claims he is victim of witch-hunt

9 Jan 2012: Husain Haqqani says he fears for his life as hearing begins into allegations he sent memo to US official warning of military coup
Russia 8hr 33min ago

Photomontage of blogger Aleksei Navalny

9 Jan 2012: Gallery (10 pictures)
Fake photo smear aimed at Putin rival Aleksei Navalny backfires
Florida 9hr 22min ago

Man charged over alleged plot to bomb Tampa nightclubs

9 Jan 2012:
Sami Osmakac, naturalised US citizen from former Yugoslavia, made video explaining his motives shortly before arrest
Middle East Live 9hr 31min ago

Syria, Bahrain and Middle East unrest - Monday 9 January

9 Jan 2012:
Follow the day's developments as they happened.

All today's world stories

Top stories

Two killed and dozens wounded as police open fire on Nigerian fuel protesters

Police use live ammunition and teargas to disperse crowds taking part in national strike in protest against fuel subsidy cuts
- Chinua Achebe leads authors' fuel subsidy protest
- President admits Islamists have secret backers in government
Romney's 'firing people' blunder offers gift to rivals on eve of primary

Republican frontrunner's statement that 'I like being able to fire people' likely to be seized on in attack ads
- Huntsman hopes for late surge in New Hampshire
Fake photo smear aimed at Putin rival backfire

Aleksei Navalny says photo of him meeting Boris Berezovsky originally showed another oligarch
- In pictures: photomontages of Navalny

Americas

Argentina president did not have cancer

9 Jan 2012: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner had her thyroid gland removed last week, but tests rule out presence of cancerous cells
Mexican footballer arrested over links to kidnapping gang

8 Jan 2012: Omar Ortiz, who has one international cap, alleged to have helped gang select two victims in return for cut of ransom

More on Americas

Europe

Eric Cantona seeks support for shot at becoming next president of France

10 Jan 2012: Former Manchester United striker has sent out letter to mayors to try to gather 500 signatures needed to run in this year's vote
Angela Merkel warns Greece: no bondholder deal, no bailout

9 Jan 2012:
German chancellor tells Greece time is running out to agree a deal with its creditors and receive €130bn tranche of international bailout

Africa

Zimbabwe outlaws sale of used knickers

9 Jan 2012: Finance minister introduces law after discovering that poverty has driven people to buy secondhand underwear at flea markets
Guinea-Bissau president dies in Paris

9 Jan 2012: Malam Bacai Sanha dies following medical treatment in France and Senegal, two years after being elected president

China

China warns US to be careful after Obama's defence strategy rethink

New US focus on Asia-Pacific region gets wary reaction from Chinese defence ministry
Two former Tibetan monks set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule

One man dead and another seriously burned after self-immolation protests in Sichuan, western China
More on China

Middle East

Israeli parliament debate turns ugly as politician throws water over colleague

9 Jan 2012: Israeli ultranationalist faces suspension for her outburst after being told to 'shut up' during row over human rights rally
Iranian court sentences 'CIA agent' to death

9 Jan 2012: Father of Amir Hekmati says he was just visiting family as Iranian media says country has started enriching uranium

More on Middle East and North Africa

On World news

Most viewed
Zeitgeist
Latest

Last 24 hours

Last 24 hours

Mitt Romney's 'firing people' blunder offers gift to rivals on eve of primary
Gun crime statistics by US state: latest data
New images of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
Jon Huntsman hopes for late surge in moderate New Hampshire
Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protests
More zeitgeist
What is Zeitgeist?
Zeitgeist is an experiment in showing trending news, topics and articles from the Guardian. Find out more in our blog post.

Last 24 hours

International correspondence

Multimedia

Malaysia's former deputy PM Anwar Ibrahim cleared of sodomy charges - video

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim may make a political comeback after he was acquitted of sex charges

Audio

Tech Weekly podcast: 2011 review

Audio (68min 13sec)

Interactive

US defence review: the shape of the US military overseas

Interactive

Gallery

24 hours in pictures

Gallery (14 pictures)

Video

GOP debate: Gingrich tells Romney to 'drop the pious baloney' - video

Video (2min 57sec)

Our correspondents on Twitter

Follow all the top stories of the day on Twitter with the Guardian's world news team

Auto update every minute On | Off

paulxharris: The Obama team must be looking at the way #Gingrich is going to go after #Romney via his time at Bain and taking very detailed notes. #GOP
about 20 minutes ago
jonathanwatts: Bear bile farms pose human health risks, say animal welfare groups and traditional China medicine practitioners http://t.co/TvAIAUqg by me
about 30 minutes ago
jonathanwatts: PM2.5 pollution in Beijing has improved by 20-30% since 2000, govt official tells China Daily. http://t.co/s1J2yIbY But still awful.
about 1 hour ago

• Read more tweets from our foreign news team
• Follow all our correspondents on a Twitter list

Our columnists

On this site

Today's weather

Paris

Overcast

10°C

3°C

New York

Sunny intervals

9°C

2°C

Johannesburg

Cloudy with thurderstorms

26°C

15°C

Beijing

Mostly sunny

3°C

-9°C

On this site
Audio & podcasts
Comment, leaders, letters and corrections
News quiz
Digital archive
Digital edition
Guardian Today - daily newsletter

guardian jobs

Find the latest jobs in your sector:

Browse all jobs

Advocate/Adviser

London | unspecified

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT

More ways to stay informed: Archive, Digital edition, RSS feeds, Mobile, Emails, Home delivery

Hot topics