Iran draws red line ahead of nuclear talks

Iran draws red line ahead of nuclear talks
Senate takes over US budget negotiations
French far-right sweeps to victory in local election
UK plans safe route for Somalia payments
Israel unearths Gaza ‘terror tunnel’
New alliance in Brazil threatens Rousseff
Fears voiced over trade pact standards
Austerity hits Spain’s cultural ambitions
Himalayan floods: climate change blamed
African states seek immunity for leaders

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 11:32 AM PDT

More positively, Iran says it is prepared to negotiate over 'the form, amount, and various levels of [uranium] enrichment' within its atomic programme

Senate takes over US budget negotiations

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 10:04 AM PDT

The Senate talks are also at an impasse in a dispute over a Democratic push to unwind automatic budget cuts agreed to after an earlier budget dispute

French far-right sweeps to victory in local election

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 12:45 PM PDT

Blow came despite calls from President François Hollande's Socialist party for its supporters and other leftist voters to rally behind a rival candidate

UK plans safe route for Somalia payments

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 05:32 AM PDT

Scheme to track payments from the UK to Somalia is announced days before Barclays is due to withdraw service that transfers funds there

Israel unearths Gaza ‘terror tunnel’

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 10:41 AM PDT

Israel stops imports of building materials to Gaza after defence force discovers the tunnel, which it says violates ceasefire deal signed with Hamas

New alliance in Brazil threatens Rousseff

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 08:45 AM PDT

Marina Silva, a popular environmentalist, joins socialists and forms new alliance on the left to fight next year's election, throwing race wide open

Fears voiced over trade pact standards

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 04:41 AM PDT

Concerns in Europe, such as the potential impact on consumers' health, are coming from mainstream European groups with a traditionally less knee-jerk approach

Austerity hits Spain’s cultural ambitions

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 09:36 AM PDT

Dozens of grand museums built when regional governments were awash with money are now struggling to cope with budget cuts and spending freezes

Himalayan floods: climate change blamed

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 05:50 AM PDT

Four months after flash floods swept down the valleys of the Ganges in India, killing 6,000 people, locals have little source of income

African states seek immunity for leaders

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 12:44 PM PDT

The stance by the African Union could have an immediate impact on the leaders of Kenya and Sudan, who are facing trial in The Hague-based ICC