US aims to calm Asia allies on trade deal

US aims to calm Asia allies on trade deal
Abe warns of delay in key labour reforms
Global economy ‘back on track’
Dozens killed on Egypt’s celebration day
Erdogan and Gul to hold crucial meeting
Candidates line up for Afghan election
Maersk sees Arctic shipping 20 years away
EU banking union backstop fight looms
US launches raids in Libya and Somalia
France investigates suspicious assets

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 08:39 AM PDT

US secretary of commerce says negotiations were proceeding without President Barack Obama who is stuck in a budget battle with Congress

Abe warns of delay in key labour reforms

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 01:01 AM PDT

Prime minister tries to lower expectations about crucial employment changes which he says are necessary to make Japanese companies more competitive

Global economy ‘back on track’

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 09:01 AM PDT

Improvement in outlook has come as surprise over summer, but relatively upbeat message from data over the past few months vulnerable, finds Tiger Index

Dozens killed on Egypt’s celebration day

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 11:37 AM PDT

The worst violence was in Cairo, where army and police fired teargas and live ammunition to block at least three marches by thousands of Islamists

Erdogan and Gul to hold crucial meeting

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 05:59 AM PDT

Gul's supporters suggest he is raring to return to executive office and that final decision is likely to come after local elections in March

Candidates line up for Afghan election

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 11:02 AM PDT

Candidates line up ahead of next year's presidential election, the country's first democratic handover of power since overthrow of the Taliban in 2001

Maersk sees Arctic shipping 20 years away

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 05:18 AM PDT

Northeast and northwest passages can cut journey times between Atlantic and Pacific ports but both routes still have problems with ice and insurance

EU banking union backstop fight looms

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 09:18 AM PDT

Officials begin talks on providing safety nets for weak lenders to mop up any fallout from the European Central Bank's stress testing of system

US launches raids in Libya and Somalia

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 11:51 AM PDT

Pentagon confirms detention of Anas al-Liby who is wanted in connection with the 1998 bombing of the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam

France investigates suspicious assets

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 04:33 AM PDT

Assets held by rulers of Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Congo-Brazzaville examined as well as those held by former leaders of Egypt, Tunisia and Libya