Today on the blog I'm introducing one of the most exciting features on our new site: Breaking History.

Keesing's is a staple on news desks, in information agencies, and for government departments across the globe, because we provide instant historical perspective on the critical developments of today. Our new Breaking History section lets all our users exploit the archive's power just as these agencies do: each week, we break down a key news story with analysis, background, and a timeline with links to contemporary coverage from Keesing's century-spanning archive. Each Breaking History report is free to access and available in  printer-friendly and email versions. Academics, students, and news-junkies alike can use these comprehensive briefings to master at a glance the history behind today's headlines.

Breaking History is researched by an expert writer for Keesing's Record of World Events, to the same exacting standards we uphold in our monthly publication. Each report contains up to one hundred links to articles in our archive, so you can follow up in depth the details that interest you. We cover six sections: Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and global stories on international organisations and issues, the environment, space, and science. Topics we've covered so far include the execution of Saddam Hussein, North Korea's nuclear programme, the crisis in Darfur, and the career of the Mars Global Surveyor.

As ever, we'd love your feedback on this feature - otherwise, keep checking back for comprehensive context and analysis on history as it breaks.