Nick Harper

UN Security Council members have emerged from an emergency meeting in New York to say they are seeking clarity on claims that Syrian troops have used chemical weapons in an attack near Damascus. Audio

The former US Congressman Anthony Weiner, who is now running to be New York's next mayor, has owned up to sending more sexually explicit texts and photos to a young woman. Audio

Rolling Stone Magazine is defending its cover story on the Boston bombing suspect which has triggered outrage and led the city's mayor to accuse the magazine of rewarding a terrorist with celebrity… Audio

More now on the trial of the former Goldman Sachs trader, who called himself 'Fabulous Fab' - jurors have been told the case is all about "Wall Street greed". Audio

The Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has made his first public court appearance since his arrest for the April 15th blast. Audio

In a little over an hour, the Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will make his first public court appearance since his arrest for the April 15th blast. Audio

Police have laid charges against the Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Audio

To Boston now, where some media are reporting that the surviving suspect in the marathon bombing attacks is awake and is responding to questions in writing. Audio

The police investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings last week has turned to finding a motive. Audio

Investigators at the scene of the terror attack in Boston have now found a circuit board that may have been used to detonate the deadly explosives. Audio

Investigators are poring over video footage and photographs from the Boston Marathon for clues as to who is behind the two explosions that killed at least three people and injured about 140 others, Audio

US correspondent Nick Harper is with us. Audio

There have been 2 explosions at the finish line of the Boston Maraton. A number of injuries have been reported. Audio

A long-awaited trial about America's largest offshore oil spill has started in New Orleans with prosectors accusing BP of letting greed triumph over safety. Audio

The American Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden has broken his silence, revealing for the first time how he shot three bullets into the al-Qaeda leader during a daring raid in 2011. Audio

A week-long seige in an Alabama bunker has ended with the hostage-taker dead and the rescue of a five-year-old boy. Audio

The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has taken responsibility for the security failures that led to the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi in Libya on September the 11th last year. Audio

In the wake of the mass killings at a Connecticut school, the White House has spelled out some of the specific gun controls measures that would get the backing of President Obama. Audio

The US government has banned the British oil giant BP from any new federal contracts over what Washington calls a "lack of business integrity", following the deadly Deepwater Horizon oil spill two… Audio

BP has agreed to pay a four and a half billion US dollar fine over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Audio