The flame of remembrance arrives for a ceremony in the town of Kirehe, 20 years after the Hutu genocide directed at Tutsis in Rwanda. Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP. A former Anglican archbishop of Rwanda has challenged a claim by the Church of England ...

Members of the international operation have vowed to continue the hunt for the Boeing 777. Photograph: NICK PERRY / POOL/EPA. Four weeks after the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, the underwater search for the wreckage has started: ...

Members of the international operation have vowed to continue the hunt for the Boeing 777. Photograph: NICK PERRY / POOL/EPA. Four weeks after the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, the underwater search for the wreckage has started: ...

Members of the international operation have vowed to continue the hunt for the Boeing 777. Photograph: NICK PERRY / POOL/EPA. Four weeks after the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, the underwater search for the wreckage has started: ...

Fort Hood Rick Perry and Ted Cruz Texas governor Rick Perry, left, and senator Ted Cruz at a press conference held at the front gate to Fort Hood. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty. Details emerged of the victims killed at Fort Hood on Wednesday as ...

Kasabian are to headline Glastonbury festival 2014, making their debut appearance at the top of the Pyramid stage bill on Sunday 29 June. The Leicester band are one of 87 names added to this year's lineup, which now includes Elbow, Pixies, MIA and ...

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said his actions were a response to Israel's failure to release prisoners as promised. Photograph: Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images. Israel scrapped the scheduled release of a group of Palestinian prisoners and called ...

The Queen and Pope Francis look on as the Duke of Edinburgh points out a fine bottle of Balmoral whisky. Photograph: Arthur Edwards/The Sun/PA. What do you give the pope who wants for nothing? Who rejects materialism, lives in a guesthouse and likes ...

Those with lung and heart diseases are being urged to be careful due to high levels of air pollution today. The high level smog is down to a dust storm from the Sahara being blown over Europe combined with normal pollution levels. People who suffer from ...

'It is cruel to deny anyone the opportunity to support their spouse, especially when they're far from home and under pressure.' Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features. Football and civilised behaviour are not always the most natural of bedfellows. For starters ...

'It is cruel to deny anyone the opportunity to support their spouse, especially when they're far from home and under pressure.' Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features. Football and civilised behaviour are not always the most natural of bedfellows. For starters ...

Officials have said John Kerry has gone 'as far as he can' as a mediator. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AFP/Getty Images. It is a truism of the Middle East that the US cannot be more invested in the peace process than the sides themselves. But with the current ...

The skyscrapers of the Canary Wharf area in London shrouded in smog. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP. Schools in areas affected by severe air pollution should keep pupils indoors at lunchtime to avoid them having asthma attacks and potentially lifelong lung ...

The skyscrapers of the Canary Wharf area in London shrouded in smog. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP. Schools in areas affected by severe air pollution should keep pupils indoors at lunchtime to avoid them suffering asthma attacks and potentially lifelong ...

'Manuel Valls is a true French republican in the historical sense of the term, with his feet firmly on the left.' Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters. President François Hollande and his now sacked prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, never made a strong team.

A self-defence committee of young people hold grenades and machetes before a night patrol in a district of Bangui. Photograph: Sia Kambou/AFP/Getty Images. A year after mainly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power in the Central African Republic (CAR), the ...

The authors of the IPCC report, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and Lesley Hughes, far right, in Sydney on the day of its launch, 31 March 2014. Photograph: William West/Getty Images. The one thing lacking in your otherwise excellent coverage of the latest devastating ...

Armed Afghan police stand guard outside the Independent Election Commission headquarters after Saturday's attack by insurgents. Photograph: Ahmad Masood/REUTERS. Taliban fighters who were disguised under burqas stormed the heavily fortified ...

Armed Afghan police stand guard outside the Independent Election Commission headquarters after Saturday's attack by insurgents. Photograph: Ahmad Masood/REUTERS. Taliban fighters who were disguised under burqas stormed the heavily fortified ...

Afghan security forces secure the area around the electoral commission headquarters following the Taliban assault. Photograph: Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images. Five Taliban fighters were killed after they launched an assault on the Kabul headquarters of the ...