Secret files show Thatcher's role in coup plot

Intelligence reports, phone records and the release of Simon Mann may make life awkward for Mark Thatcher

Washington sniper intended to kill ex-wife

Book claims John Allen Muhammad's 23-day shooting spree in 2002 was a smokescreen to cover the murder of his ex-wife

Fort Hood gunman linked to 9/11 mosque

Authorities investigate reports Nidal Hasan attended a mosque also frequented by terrorists involved in the 2001 bombings

‘Honey child’ Chirac tells of secret US love

The former French president has broken a long silence about his private life, describing a fling with a "southern belle"

Berlusconi plots trips ‘to stall his trials’

Italy’s prime minister is accused of planning more than a dozen foreign trips to scupper his bribery and fraud trials

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Reaction from UK mosques

Worshippers at one of the UK's biggest mosques said Muslims who serve are complicit in killing their ‘brothers and sisters’

Bloody events in Texas will reinforce suspicion

Prejudice does violent historical disservice to the thousands of Muslims who have served in British uniform in the past

Obama running out of time on Afghanistan

The President’s delayed responses are a the consequences of past mistakes and the paralysing catastrophe of the elections

Polygamist faces jail for sex assault on girl

Jury in small Texas town takes just over two hours to convict Raymond Jessop in first case stemming from raid on compound

Chávez support slips amid crime and shortages

The Venezuelan leader blames the rich but critics say he has neglected infrastructure and mismanaged resources

Suicides go on with Golden Gate safety net delay

Psychiatrists reveal how people who have threatened to jump describe the attraction of the bridge as a ‘scenic’ place to die

Winners and losers: the day the Wall fell

Everything changed when the Berlin Wall came down - but the newfound freedom did not mean riches for everybody in the east

Probe begins into what made Major Hasan open fire

Footage has emerged of the killer’s last activities but no one could predict the scale of the massacre he embarked on

Peaceful appearance belies Fort Hood’s status

The military facility appears a pleasant place to live, albeit with street names such as Tank Destroyer Boulevard

Rare soldier’s-eye view of the front line

Photographs taken by Sean Power, a Royal Marine, show the bravery and boredom of British troops' life in Helmand

Obama set to announce US emissions target

President’s move could stop African walk-out in Copenhagen but would have to get the support of Congress at home