Maoist protesters show support for Bo

Maoist protesters show support for Bo
Fresh offensive in battle for Aleppo
Morsi fires senior security officials
Venezuelan cheap petrol policy backfires
Romney warned on ‘bold’ VP pick
Russian punks make final plea for justice
Madrid accused of media interference
India picks ex-IMF economist as adviser
Outside money shapes Missouri Senate race
Berlin denies rift over euro crisis

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:20 PM PDT

About a dozen men and women from all over China met ahead of the trial of the wife of Bo Xilai, the former Chongqing party secretary

Fresh offensive in battle for Aleppo

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 10:45 AM PDT

Government forces target rebel-held district as Tehran admits kidnapped Iranians are retired members of the regime's army and Revolutionary Guards

Morsi fires senior security officials

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 09:48 AM PDT

Egypt's president orders clear-out, including the removal of the intelligence chief, as air strikes hit militants in the Sinai border area with Israel

Venezuelan cheap petrol policy backfires

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 09:12 AM PDT

Smuggling has become a multibillion-dollar business and the government claims to be losing up to $8bn a year as a result

Romney warned on ‘bold’ VP pick

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 11:41 AM PDT

Candidate's careful and quiet approach to vice-president selection is drawing on the harsh lesson of McCain-Palin in 2008

Russian punks make final plea for justice

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 07:53 AM PDT

Pussy Riot band members receive standing ovation in court after impassioned speeches evoking Russia's long history of persecuting dissent

Madrid accused of media interference

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 10:38 AM PDT

Spain's government is facing mounting criticism for political interference in the country's main state broadcaster after a string of high-profile departures

India picks ex-IMF economist as adviser

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 07:16 AM PDT

Raghuram Rajan, an outspoken critic of Indian corruption and bureaucracy, will be named as senior economic adviser to Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister

Outside money shapes Missouri Senate race

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 11:41 AM PDT

Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill has suffered withering attacks over the past year in the form of super-Pac ads but has also benefited from such outside money

Berlin denies rift over euro crisis

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 10:45 AM PDT

Merkel, whose CDU still tops the polls, performs constant balancing act while leading politicians seek to break a stalemate over how to tackle issue