Iran underlines ‘right’ to nuclear energy

Iran underlines ‘right’ to nuclear energy
Democrats’ election prospects in Senate improve
Kremlin crackdown hits NGOs’ funding
Spain edges towards financial rescue
Xi Jinping hits out over Japan dispute
Romney tries to soothe donors
First hint of criminal charges for Bo
France on alert over Mohammed cartoons
Hollande seeks ‘massive vote’ for treaty
Georgia’s leader battles to contain crisis

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:38 AM PDT

Ali Larijani lambasted US policy in the Middle East as a catalogue of failures and said it made little difference who was in the White House

Democrats’ election prospects in Senate improve

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 09:37 AM PDT

A number of events that have hurt Republicans' standing has led to the electoral momentum shifting in the incumbent majority's favour

Kremlin crackdown hits NGOs’ funding

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 10:30 AM PDT

After the closure of the US aid agency, rights groups are now scrambling to find alternative sources of funding to keep their Russia organisations going

Spain edges towards financial rescue

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 08:19 AM PDT

Mariano Rajoy is balancing domestic political calculations with the imperative need to stabilise the economy and banking system

Xi Jinping hits out over Japan dispute

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:59 PM PDT

Xi Jinping, China's leader-in-waiting, made a forceful comeback with a warning to Japan, after almost two weeks of unexplained absence

Romney tries to soothe donors

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:12 AM PDT

The Republican candidate is attempting to rekindle enthusiasm for his presidential bid amid concerns that his campaign is floundering

First hint of criminal charges for Bo

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 06:51 AM PDT

As it prepares for its once-in-a-decade leadership transition, China's official news agency gives the first indication that Bo Xilai could face criminal charges

France on alert over Mohammed cartoons

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 02:38 AM PDT

Government criticises satirical magazine for being provocative at a time when tensions in the Muslim world are high over an anti-Islam film

Hollande seeks ‘massive vote’ for treaty

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 10:24 AM PDT

President seen to have 'shifted lines' of debate on how to confront the euro crisis, which would justify endorsement of the fiscal pact, his PM says

Georgia’s leader battles to contain crisis

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 10:25 AM PDT

Jail scandal pushes three prison officials to resign and has put Mikheil Saakashvili's government on defensive in run-up to election on October 1