Call for Zimmerman civil rights charges

Call for Zimmerman civil rights charges
Merkel seeks EU deal on data protection
Spain’s Rajoy faces fresh demands to quit
Iran president rebuilds bond with clerics
Egypt’s army steps up security in Sinai
China takes foot off growth turbocharger
Coffee fungus blights Central America
Hollande vows to push on with budget cuts
Drug smugglers exploit Caribbean woes
Chinese warships sail past northern Japan

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 10:11 AM PDT

Acquittal of George Zimmerman in death of Trayvon Martin sparks largely peaceful protests across several US cities and a split political reaction

Merkel seeks EU deal on data protection

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 11:24 AM PDT

Companies would be subject to the same strict privacy rules in all EU states, and not simply legislation in the country where they are registered

Spain’s Rajoy faces fresh demands to quit

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 09:25 AM PDT

Paper publishes revelations that the PM sent supportive text messages to the disgraced party treasurer at the centre of the affair two months after scandal broke

Iran president rebuilds bond with clerics

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 04:59 AM PDT

Closer relations between the presidency and the clergy is likely to provide a check to the power wielded by the elite Revolutionary Guards

Egypt’s army steps up security in Sinai

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 10:48 AM PDT

Increased roadblocks and surveillance after attacks in the area by alleged militants angered by the ousting of the Islamist president Mohamed Morsi

China takes foot off growth turbocharger

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 08:53 AM PDT

Times have changed in Beijing as finance minister's slip on growth target shows the government is less fixated on GDP than in the past

Coffee fungus blights Central America

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 07:50 AM PDT

A virulent coffee plant fungus, known as la roya, or leaf rust, risks devastation for Central America's farmers, with big falls in prices for arabica beans

Hollande vows to push on with budget cuts

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 10:32 AM PDT

French president seeks to address perception that his administration has lost momentum just days after the country's sovereign rating was downgraded

Drug smugglers exploit Caribbean woes

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 05:06 AM PDT

South American and Mexican gangs are taking advantage of economic problems in the region to transport more narcotics into the US

Chinese warships sail past northern Japan

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 02:37 AM PDT

Chinese navy ships sail through the waters that separate Japan and Russia for the first time, in the latest example of China's growing military reach