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Olusegun Obasanjo, a special envoy for the United Nations, has met the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a bid to negotiate peace with Tutsi rebels.
29/11/2008
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The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (RBS) has announced that the British government will take majority control of the bank, buying close to a 60 per cent stake, after its shareholders shunned a stock offering.
28/11/2008
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The US government has announced it is pumping $800bn into the country's economy as news emerged its gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by more than expected.
25/11/2008
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The US military is transferring Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, from the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay to his home country of Yemen, The Washington Post has reported citing two government officials.
25/11/2008
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A US court has convicted a Muslim charity and five of its former leaders on 108 charges in the largest "terrorism" financing trial in US history.
25/11/2008
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The US treasury department has announced that it is investing $20bn in Citigroup Inc as one of a series of actions to help the bank.
24/11/2008
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Gordon Brown, the UK prime minister, will attempt to revive the stalling British economy by spending billions of borrowed pounds on tax cuts in a bid to stop a recession turning into a slump.
24/11/2008
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Pakistani television channels have reported that Rashid Rauf, a British national with al-Qaeda links, has been killed by a US missile attack in the North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan.
22/11/2008
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US economic and political power is set to decline over the next two decades and the world will grow more dangerous as the battle for scarce resources intensifies, a report by US intelligence agencies has predicted.
21/11/2008
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The US attorney-general Michael Mukasey, has collapsed while making a speech in Washington DC.
21/11/2008
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A US court has convicted a Syrian-born arms dealer for plotting to sell arms, including anti-aircraft rockets, to Colombian rebels.
21/11/2008
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United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed that rebel fighters have started withdrawing around two eastern towns.
19/11/2008
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The US Food and Drug Administration has opened its first office in China as part of a global strategy to ensure the safety of imports from China.
19/11/2008
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The three biggest US car makers have pleaded with congress for $25 billion in aid to save their businesses, warning that their collapse would further damage the ailing US economy.
19/11/2008
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The United Nations has criticised Israel's closure of the Gaza crossings as a "direct contravention of international human rights and humanitarian law".
19/11/2008
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