Defiant Sarkozy appeals for support

Defiant Sarkozy appeals for support
South Sudan quits captured oilfield
Bahrain braced for grand prix protests
IMF secures $430bn to boost firepower
Scandals sidetrack Obama campaign
Cairo’s voters shrug at poll upheaval
Shootings highlight Sweden’s social tensions
China’s security chief at risk of purge
Scores feared dead in Pakistan air crash
EU urges action over Russian lawyer’s death

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 12:06 PM PDT

A final Ipsos poll in Le Monde showed François Hollande on course to become the first Socialist president to rule France in 17 years

South Sudan quits captured oilfield

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 09:15 AM PDT

Troops are withdrawn after international pressure to end the 'illegal' occupation and amid fears of another civil war with Khartoum

Bahrain braced for grand prix protests

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 11:48 AM PDT

Crown prince refuses to back down over race plans claiming that it will 'empower extremists' if the event is cancelled over threatened protests

IMF secures $430bn to boost firepower

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 12:40 PM PDT

The fund has won extra cash to tackle any future crisis in Europe despite international fears about how the money would be used

Scandals sidetrack Obama campaign

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 11:13 AM PDT

The fallout from Secret Service agents' dalliance with Colombian prostitutes is further corroding public respect for the country's governing institutions

Cairo’s voters shrug at poll upheaval

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 08:16 AM PDT

With many indifferent to banning of 10 candidates, sense of civic duty that bonded Egyptians after uprising is fading

Shootings highlight Sweden’s social tensions

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 08:35 AM PDT

Shootings and a murder in one of the country's poorest, most racially diverse districts have fuelled a fierce national debate about equality and tolerance

China’s security chief at risk of purge

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 10:01 AM PDT

Focus turn to country's all-powerful security chief, Zhou Yongkang, a key ally and defender of ousted Chinese leader Bo Xilai

Scores feared dead in Pakistan air crash

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 11:24 AM PDT

A Pakistani airliner with 127 people on board crashed in bad weather as it came in to land in Islamabad, scattering wreckage and leaving no sign of survivors

EU urges action over Russian lawyer’s death

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 08:31 AM PDT

Van Rompuy calls on Medvedev to bring to a 'credible' close an investigation into the death in jail of Sergei Magnitsky