Ivory Coast’s Truth, Reconciliation and Dialogue Commission launches, with its star member – footballer Didier Drogba – absent from its first meeting.

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Ivory Coast unity body launched

Russia has been showing off its first stealth fighter jet, the Sukhoi T-50, at an airshow near Moscow, watched by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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VIDEO: Russia shows off stealth jet at airshow

London’s Olympic Park will see its first competitive sporting action on Tuesday as spectators watch six of the world’s best teams at the Basketball Arena.

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Spectators to test Olympic Park

UKIP wins control of a town council in Cambridgeshire, its first council in the country.

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UKIP in control of first council

The Solar Impulse single-seater prototype solar-powered plane has embarked on its first international journey.

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VIDEO: Solar plane’s first international flight

A computer-controlled air vehicle capable of gathering intelligence and carrying out military surveillance has completed its first test flight, according to U.S. aerospace company Boeing.

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Boeing drone jet completes maiden flight

Superhero movie Thor takes pole position in the UK and Ireland box office chart after its first weekend on release.

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Thor thunders to top of UK chart

Action film Fast Five, starring Vin Diesel, takes $86.2m (£51.9m) in its first three days, the biggest opener of the year so far in the US.

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Vin Diesel movie scores big in US

US carmaker Chrysler reports a quarterly net profit of $116m, its first since it emerged from bankruptcy protection in 2009.

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Chrysler returns to profitability

The U.S. has had its first close call in Libya: A U.S. plane crashed in Libya Tuesday after an apparent mechanical failure. Fortunately, the pilot was rescued by Libyan rebels. The U.S. military has confirmed the crash of an F-15E fighter jet to The…

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U.S. Plane Crashes in Libya

Is Julian Assange smiling? WikiLeaks has claimed its first high-ranking diplomatic casualty. U.S. ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual has stepped down amidst pressure from the country’s President Felipe Calderon, who was infuriated by critical comments…

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WikiLeaks Cables Force First Resignation

We examine a series of claims the Republican Senate leader made about the health-care bill on its first anniversary.

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Mitch McConnell’s not-so-happy birthday greetings for the health care law

For its first album in five years — “Angles,” due on March 22 — the Strokes have embraced a newfound sense of group dynamics.

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Music: Different Strokes

The department store John Lewis is hoping to raise £50m from customers and staff via its first retail savings bond.

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John Lewis to offer savings bond

After Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika cracked down on protesters last month, instituting a ban and detaining hundreds, Algeria’s main opposition party has countered with its first rally in seven years, with 3,000 people gathering at a Socialist…

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Algeria’s Opposition Party Stages Protest