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Thursday, April 25, 2013

US suspects Syria used chemical weapons

US suspects Syria used chemical weapons


US suspects Syria used chemical weapons

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 09:39 AM PDT

The simple admission that chemical weapons have likely been used will put huge pressure on President Barack Obama to intervene more forcefully

Muslim Brotherhood to make Syria return

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 04:32 AM PDT

After the organisation was crushed under the Assad regime, the organisation hopes to promote a more moderate brand of Islamist thinking at a time of growing radicalisation

West pressed to act over Dhaka disasters

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:05 AM PDT

The latest mass loss of life raises serious questions about regulatory failures in Bangladesh's $19bn garment industry that supplies big brands

Record unemployment in Spain and France

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 10:18 AM PDT

Continued weakness in employment has intensified the debate over austerity and whether current, Berlin-backed policies are too severe

Merkel speech highlights European divide

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:44 AM PDT

The German leader underlined the gulf at the heart of the eurozone when she waded into interest-rate policy, days before an expected cut by the ECB

Republicans turn up pressure over Boston

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:01 AM PDT

Senators call for hearings over what some see as the mishandling of intelligence information by authorities about Tamerlan Tsarnaev

PKK fighters to withdraw from Turkey

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 09:51 AM PDT

Kurdistan Workers Party says it will start withdrawing its fighters from Turkey from May 8 but would stop if attacked, as happened previously

Russia threatens to halt Irish adoptions

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 09:42 AM PDT

Warning from Kremlin appears designed to head off attempts to persuade other EU states to implement Magnitsky measures

‘Good tsar’ anoints new economic adviser

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 10:43 AM PDT

Putin's annual call-in show puts the economy centre stage and favours Alexei Kudrin, the former finance minister who has flirted with the opposition

UN approves Mali peacekeeping force

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 10:30 AM PDT

The new 12,640-strong Minusma force will be tasked with helping restore democracy to the west African nation, and stabilising its northern region

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