Syrian regime renews Aleppo assault

Syrian regime renews Aleppo assault
US economic growth slows to 1.5%
Rwanda claims UN report is biased
Politicians back Draghi’s aggressive stance
Greece urged not to waste austerity measures
Bundesbank repeats hostility to ECB bond buying
Democrats jibe Romney over London foibles
Pakistan details doctor’s role in bin Laden case
Bo awaits fate after wife’s indictment
Spaniards fight to save dying industries

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 09:25 AM PDT

Western powers warn of impending massacre as the former UN Syria peacekeeping mission chief says fall of government is 'only a matter of time'

US economic growth slows to 1.5%

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 11:10 AM PDT

Data, which were broadly in line with market expectations, confirm the loss of momentum in the world's largest economy since the spring

Rwanda claims UN report is biased

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 09:46 AM PDT

The UN findings have forced the most significant negative international reaction to date against Rwanda, a donor darling that has managed to cut poverty

Politicians back Draghi’s aggressive stance

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 08:49 AM PDT

Officials caution against market hopes that the European Central Bank is preparing to restart its long-dormant bond-buying programme

Greece urged not to waste austerity measures

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 09:31 AM PDT

The EU and IMF officials held a stormy discussion with leaders of Greece's trade union federation GSEE, which is trying to reverse reforms

Bundesbank repeats hostility to ECB bond buying

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 07:48 AM PDT

Market optimism following ECB president Mario Draghi's hint that he could act more decisively in the eurozone debt crisis now dampened

Democrats jibe Romney over London foibles

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 10:08 AM PDT

So far the trip represents a missed opportunity for the Republican candidate to appear statesmanlike and focus attention on his turnround record in the Salt Lake City Games.

Pakistan details doctor’s role in bin Laden case

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 09:17 AM PDT

Recently publicised Pakistani intelligence report is based on interrogations of Shakil Afridi, the imprisoned physician lauded as a hero in the US

Bo awaits fate after wife’s indictment

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 02:34 AM PDT

Whether Bo Xilai's case stays in the hands of the internal party probers or is turned over to the courts, the final verdict is likely to be political

Spaniards fight to save dying industries

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 10:35 AM PDT

The battle of a small mining community in Asturias, northern Spain, has become symbolic of a national debate over the government's economic reforms