Obama announces new security team

Obama announces new security team
Transatlantic trade talks near lift-off
Rape protests mark India turning point
Solzhenitsyn quote adds to reform clamour
China chemical spill poisons water
Mahama sworn in as Ghana president
Kurdistan’s vast reserves draw oil majors
Iran reiterates support of Syrian regime
Berlusconi fights back with rightwing alliance
Lebanon launches tourism revival campaign

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 11:42 AM PST

Former Republican senator Chuck Hagel is nominated for defence secretary while John Brennan is the administration's choice to head the CIA

Transatlantic trade talks near lift-off

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 08:56 AM PST

Working group led by EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht and US trade representative Ron Kirk is likely this month to suggest starting negotiations

Rape protests mark India turning point

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 07:33 AM PST

'Flash mob' demonstrations in New Delhi have unnerved the government as underlying the fury is a disgust at the failure to provide basic state services

Solzhenitsyn quote adds to reform clamour

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 09:03 AM PST

The new leadership under Xi Jinping is under increasing pressure from the young, affluent and well-educated to grant citizens political rights

China chemical spill poisons water

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 02:51 AM PST

Toxic spill is latest environmental disaster to damage natural resources and anger citizens after Changzhi officials took six days to reveal accident

Mahama sworn in as Ghana president

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 08:10 AM PST

High-profile African leaders at the ceremony reflected Ghana's status as one of the continent's more mature democracies

Kurdistan’s vast reserves draw oil majors

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 08:17 AM PST

Enthusiasm about oil prospects from the semi-autonomous region is tempered by tensions with Baghdad, which has resulted in border skirmishes

Iran reiterates support of Syrian regime

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 10:34 AM PST

Tehran foreign minister describes initiative outlined in President Assad's speech as an 'opportunity' and said all sides should purse peace initiative

Berlusconi fights back with rightwing alliance

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 11:30 AM PST

The former Italy premier reached a pact with the Northern League with the aim of hanging on to key regions, and promised 'guerrilla warfare' after the polls

Lebanon launches tourism revival campaign

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 10:23 AM PST

Beirut slashes airfares and hotel rates to restart its tourism industry as the conflict in neighbouring Syria discourages tourists from visiting