US accuses Iran of Saudi envoy death plot

US accuses Iran of Saudi envoy death plot
Bail-out dispute imperils Slovak coalition
Tymoshenko verdict casts doubt on Kiev’s future
US power plants vulnerable to cyberattack
Arab awakening depends on managing tensions
Outrage at pay-outs for Spain’s failed bankers
Burma announces mass prisoner amnesty
Libyan struggle to win over Gaddafi loyalists
Oil spill threatens New Zealand coast
Senate Democrats seize initiative from Obama

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Two charged with conspiracy to kill a foreign official and use a weapon of mass destruction against the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington

Bail-out dispute imperils Slovak coalition

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:04 PM PDT

Slovakia's government looked set to become the first in the eurozone to fall over opposition to bailing out indebted economies

Tymoshenko verdict casts doubt on Kiev’s future

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 11:10 AM PDT

A Kiev court has jailed Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's former prime minister and co-leader of the 2004 Orange Revolution, for seven years

US power plants vulnerable to cyberattack

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 09:26 AM PDT

The economic damage in the US from cyberattacks on its infrastructure could prove crippling, experts have warned

Arab awakening depends on managing tensions

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 10:11 AM PDT

There will be no shortage of attempts to manipulate differences, and to fan fears that democratic upheaval will uncover the hard-wiring of sectarianism

Outrage at pay-outs for Spain’s failed bankers

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 09:29 AM PDT

Public anger is growing over big packages awarded to directors of badly managed cajas, which have been bailed out with taxpayers' money

Burma announces mass prisoner amnesty

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 08:05 AM PDT

Announcement on state TV comes after a government-created human rights commission appealed for the release of 'prisoners of conscience'

Libyan struggle to win over Gaddafi loyalists

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 08:51 AM PDT

For Libya's new political elite, convincing their own supporters and those still sympathetic to the previous regime to live with side by side will be vital

Oil spill threatens New Zealand coast

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 11:52 PM PDT

A stricken container ship off has leaked more oil than previously thought, say authorities

Senate Democrats seize initiative from Obama

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 11:30 AM PDT

Schumer leads group of his party that is challenging – and sometimes usurping – the political strategy set by the White House