One of the five British hostages seized in Baghdad in 2007 has committed suicide, according to videotaped statement

Akin Ojumu: David Cameron was criticised for talking about the role of black fathers but there was truth in what he said

Editorial: Without a tighter focus, Afghans see increased assistance budgets as a small elite's opportunity to enrich themselves

Time magazine calls the 4chan website the wellspring of net culture and its online pranks are world-famous

Six-nation negotiating team at the United Nations warns Iranian delegation that it has run out of patience

Hong Kong discrimination legislation leaves campaigners with a bitter taste in the mouth

500 guests welcome statesman to his 90th birthday celebrations singing 'here is our hope!'

Abuse survivors' group, One in Four, say clergy should match Pope's strong words in Australia

Profile: Like Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai has become a problem. They are both prickly, proud, independent and difficult to control

US Democratic presidential candidate arrives in Afghanistan on the first leg of his high-profile tour

Young Catholics hear apology at World Youth Day, but some say more should be done

Preliminary study finds majority of drug dealers arrested on serious offences are out on bail

Cardinal Bertone warns that the present division within the Anglican Communion poses a 'grave challenge for full and visible unity' with Rome

Hostile conditions hinder rescue helicopter's attempt to save two Italian climbers on northern face of Nanga Parbat

The deportation of illegal workers is polarising Long Island, one of America's wealthiest regions

The Reverend Sun Myung Moon and 13 others are injured after their helicopter crashes into a mountain in South Korea

Jason Burke: Al-Qaida's unorthodox structure means the terrorist organisation is unlikely to ever face total defeat

Sean Jacobs: The attitudes of the US presidential candidates towards Africa are not as clear-cut as many Americans assume

Tehran failed to give a clear answer to a western offer to drop sanctions in return for the freezing of its uranium enrichment programme

Susan Tomes: A doctor in Hawaii finds playing classical piano to his patients prior to surgery has unexpected benefits