Traders brace as ECB and G7 talk

Traders brace as ECB and G7 talk
Downgrade fuels US political blame game
Merkel tries German sang froid amid mayhem
Ukraine pressed to free Tymoshenko
Libyan rebels to form oil protection force
Kerry defiant after helicopter attack
Netanyahu responds to Israeli protests
Turkish PM to extend grip on armed forces
Police launch probe into Tottenham riot
Syria defiant amid attack on city

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 12:35 PM PDT

Group of Seven finance ministers and central bankers were holding hastily arranged conference calls on Sunday following the worst week in global equity markets since the financial crisis in 2008

Downgrade fuels US political blame game

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 10:03 AM PDT

The biggest political casualty of S&P's move may be Barack Obama, whose path to re-election in next year's presidential race appears increasingly rocky

Merkel tries German sang froid amid mayhem

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 07:28 AM PDT

Chancellor's instinct is always to take the long view and bide her time in taking any drastic decisions. She mistrusts the instant judgments of the markets, and the short-termism that seems to dominate decision-making

Ukraine pressed to free Tymoshenko

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 05:23 AM PDT

US issues statement criticising arrest of Ukrainian opposition leader, while Tymoshenko supporters camp out at courtroom

Libyan rebels to form oil protection force

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:18 AM PDT

The opposition wants to restart crude production and will establish a security group to ward off pro-Gaddafi forces roaming the deserts

Kerry defiant after helicopter attack

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 11:03 AM PDT

The attack on a US helicopter in Afghanistan did not reflect the Taliban's rising strength, said the chair of the Senate foreign relations committee

Netanyahu responds to Israeli protests

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 08:48 AM PDT

The prime minister names a cabinet-level panel to address the demands of demonstrators after 250,000 Israelis took to the streets on Saturday

Turkish PM to extend grip on armed forces

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:37 AM PDT

The government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to follow up its purge of the senior ranks of Turkey's armed forces with constitutional changes

Police launch probe into Tottenham riot

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 04:35 AM PDT

The Metropolitan Police has launched a major investigation into the devastating riots in north London on Saturday night in which 26 police officers were injured

Syria defiant amid attack on city

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 11:44 AM PDT

The Syrian regime reacted defiantly to growing international pressure to cease its crackdown, as it killed at least 27 people in Deir Ezzor