The Arab Spring showcased the important role social media played in helping dissidents organize.

Eurocontrol's Brian Flynn has said the Grimsvotn ash cloud is expected to move slowly eastwards, but seems likely to avoid many of Europe's major airports.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at AIPAC that his outline for an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan will not include borders based on pre-1967 boundaries. Jeff Glor reports.

New tests have found that the DNA of former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn matches material found on the shirt of a Manhattan hotel maid who says he attacked her, two people familiar with the investigation told AP. (May 23)

Nato warplanes have launched more than 20 airstrikes against targets in Tripoli.

U.S. President Barack Obama charms villagers as he goes back to his Irish ancestral roots.

The difficulties Chinese men have finding partners is having a significant economic impact, as they hold back on spending to try to attract a bride, as Newsnight's Justin Rowlatt reports.

Moody's has put 14 of the UK's banks and building societies on notice of a possible debt rating downgrade.

Speaking to a cheering crowd at College Green in Dublin Monday, President Obama said there was "no one more Irish than me" and joked that he wish he knew about his Irish roots earlier in his political career in Chicago.

Opposition forces request money, and weapons for the fight against Gaddafi.

The president’s Mideast speech continues to be a subject of controversy, and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is set to deliver a speech to the joint session of Congress Tuesday.

Matthew Chance takes a look at how Palestinians, frustrated by peace process, are poised to go it alone

The behind-the-scene politics that may lead to the next major war.

Robert Fisk has told Al Jazeera that he does not believe Western sanctions imposed on top Syrian officials will have a real impact against the government's crackdown on protesters.