Protesters in Ukraine call for revolution

Protesters in Ukraine call for revolution
Air space spat lost on ordinary Chinese
Japan to take up China air zone with US
Four dead as New York metro train derails
Obamacare glitches exploited by opponents
Delhi the battleground for India politics
Italy’s Grillo blasts fragile coalition
Profiteers hamper peace efforts in Syria
Thai protests turn violent
Pentagon in line of fire in budget war

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:16 PM PST

Hundreds of thousands take to Kiev's streets demanding President Viktor Yanukovich resign in the largest protests since the 2004 Orange Revolution

Air space spat lost on ordinary Chinese

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 04:41 AM PST

China rattles its neighbours with a new air defence zone over contested islands, but it is seeking to muzzle public debate on the subject at home

Japan to take up China air zone with US

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 02:39 AM PST

While Japanese politicians will raise their concerns over China's new air defence zone with the US, their citizens are largely unperturbed

Four dead as New York metro train derails

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:46 PM PST

Senator raises questions about adequacy of equipment, tracks and maintenance and repair practices after crash in which over 60 are injured

Obamacare glitches exploited by opponents

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 09:55 AM PST

Technicians have dramatically improved the online health insurance exchange but several problems remain, providing fodder for critics of Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act

Delhi the battleground for India politics

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 09:41 PM PST

India's Ordinary People party is offering a challenge to the country's entrenched political duopoly in this week's elections in the capital

Italy’s Grillo blasts fragile coalition

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 10:42 AM PST

Deepening recession and youth unemployment over 40%, mirrored by government's lack of cohesive response, are giving Five Star Movement a new lease of life

Profiteers hamper peace efforts in Syria

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 04:26 AM PST

Nearly three years of turmoil and violence have reduced more than half the country to poverty, but the conflict has also created opportunities

Thai protests turn violent

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 06:56 AM PST

Prime minister flees to secret location as anti-regime protesters battle with security forces in an effort to storm state buildings in the capital

Pentagon in line of fire in budget war

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 03:49 AM PST

Sharp cuts appear to be looming as the defence lobby's clout in Congress diminishes in the wake of the country's withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan