Hizbollah’s Syria role fuels sectarianism

Hizbollah’s Syria role fuels sectarianism
Republicans resist end to ‘war on terror’
Pakistan seeks $4bn-$5bn Saudi loan
Algeria gets jitters over absent president
Kuroda promises to stabilise bond market
Swedish police defend response to rioters
Belmokhtar claims Niger attacks role
Problems mount for ‘Kirchnerismo’
Scandal and crime claims threaten IPL
Malaysia on edge amid political stand-off

Posted: 24 May 2013 08:19 AM PDT

In going to the aid of the Assad regime and warning of extremists within the rebels' ranks, the militant group risks bringing Sunni-Shia violence to Lebanon

Republicans resist end to ‘war on terror’

Posted: 24 May 2013 11:26 AM PDT

Opposition from some leading Republicans in Congress is setting up what is likely to be one of the defining political disputes of his administration

Pakistan seeks $4bn-$5bn Saudi loan

Posted: 24 May 2013 02:04 AM PDT

Sharif looks to to avert a balance of payments crisis and boost electricity supplies while Pakistan agrees a new programme with the IMF

Algeria gets jitters over absent president

Posted: 24 May 2013 08:34 AM PDT

The failure of ailing Abdelaziz Bouteflika to return from Paris has become a crisis and raised fears for the nation's political and economic future

Kuroda promises to stabilise bond market

Posted: 24 May 2013 10:57 AM PDT

BoJ governor vows to curb bond market volatility in an effort to reassure those who fear instability could push up interest rates and damage Japan's Abe project

Swedish police defend response to rioters

Posted: 24 May 2013 08:24 AM PDT

Officers rejected calls for a tougher response to the rioting that has plagued the Swedish capital this week and said the situation was becoming calmer

Belmokhtar claims Niger attacks role

Posted: 24 May 2013 10:03 AM PDT

Statement in militant's name posted on the internet says that his men were involved in the twin suicide strikes that left at least 21 dead

Problems mount for ‘Kirchnerismo’

Posted: 24 May 2013 06:20 AM PDT

Country remains mired in problems following populist nationalism that was started by Néstor Kirchner and deepened by his wife Cristina Fernández

Scandal and crime claims threaten IPL

Posted: 24 May 2013 06:38 AM PDT

Glamorous tournament's future hangs in the balance as an enthusiastic police investigation has placed every element of the tournament under suspicion

Malaysia on edge amid political stand-off

Posted: 24 May 2013 04:58 AM PDT

Several opposition figures detained under the country's colonial-era sedition law less than three weeks after the bitterly contested general election