US, France and UK plan Syria strike

US, France and UK plan Syria strike
Steps Obama must now take on Syria
Investment hangover hits Chinese groups
UK investigator in China TV confession
France unveils pension reforms
Israel lauds trade route for Turkey goods
Spain tomato festival feels economic pinch
Diplomatic spat tests Brazil-Bolivia ties
France ban on Mercedes cars overturned
Nigeria oil output at four-year low

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 12:15 PM PDT

Leaders prepare plans for a 48-hour operation later this week after accusing the Assad regime of deploying chemical weapons in Syria's civil war

Steps Obama must now take on Syria

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 11:20 AM PDT

The US response should be part of a wider strategy to generate the emergence of a broader coalition of states to avoid a region-wide explosion

Investment hangover hits Chinese groups

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 09:10 AM PDT

Second in a three-part series investigating China's mounting credit burden. Companies expanded too quickly to feed markets that never developed

UK investigator in China TV confession

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 07:58 AM PDT

Peter Humphrey, detained in China since July, has appeared on state TV confessing to using 'illegal acts' to gain information about Chinese citizens

France unveils pension reforms

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 11:36 AM PDT

Contributions by both employees and employers to rise, but reforms avoid some measures demanded by the EU over fears of social conflict

Israel lauds trade route for Turkey goods

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 08:49 AM PDT

War in Syria, which used to be main landbridge between Turkey and the Middle East, makes truck route to Jordan valley terminal strategically important

Spain tomato festival feels economic pinch

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 08:41 AM PDT

Charging an entry fee for Spain's legendary tomato-throwing festival, the Tomatina, is seen as a small-but-potent symbol of councils' debt burdens

Diplomatic spat tests Brazil-Bolivia ties

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 11:10 AM PDT

The incident, which challenges Brasília's policy of constant neutrality, forced the president to sack her foreign minister in a bid to assuage anger in La Paz

France ban on Mercedes cars overturned

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 07:49 AM PDT

Conseil D'État court backs Daimler's appeal against a ban on registering four new models that do not comply with EU environmental rules

Nigeria oil output at four-year low

Posted: 27 Aug 2013 05:22 AM PDT

Industrial scale oil theft, sabotage and technical problems have caused crude output to drop to less than 1.9m barrels a day this summer