Riot police encircle central Kiev

Riot police encircle central Kiev
Malta passport sale puts UK under pressure
Irish exodus casts shadow on recovery
Germany and France close on banking union deal
Iran hardliners attack Zarif over nuclear speech
Putin shakes up state news media
Mandela’s death puts focus on ANC leaders
Thai protests continue despite snap poll
Oncologist returns home to help children
Martian lake could have supported life

Posted: 09 Dec 2013 11:01 AM PST

Fears authorities preparing crackdown on anti-government protesters just hours after president said he was prepared to hold talks with opposition leaders

Malta passport sale puts UK under pressure

Posted: 09 Dec 2013 12:26 PM PST

Mediterranean island's scheme offers instant documentation and EU access with no requirement to be resident in the country beforehand

Irish exodus casts shadow on recovery

Posted: 09 Dec 2013 11:52 AM PST

Youth groups and opposition parties accuse the government of sponsoring emigration, as Ireland becomes the first eurozone country to exit a bailout

Germany and France close on banking union deal

Posted: 09 Dec 2013 10:22 AM PST

French finance minister Pierre Moscovici signals that differences with Germany on a system to fund failed banks are narrowing

Iran hardliners attack Zarif over nuclear speech

Posted: 09 Dec 2013 10:17 AM PST

Domestic media reported on Monday that 20 members of parliament have asked President Rouhani to 'revise' decision to appoint the foreign minister

Putin shakes up state news media

Posted: 09 Dec 2013 09:34 AM PST

Kremlin dissolves RIA Novosti, ordering its assets to be handed over to a new international news service run by one of Russia's most conservative TV pundits

Mandela’s death puts focus on ANC leaders

Posted: 09 Dec 2013 09:50 AM PST

Corruption scandals and cronyism in the ANC threaten to cast a cloud over the legacy of South Africa's first black president

Thai protests continue despite snap poll

Posted: 09 Dec 2013 09:46 AM PST

Prime minister's announcement of election seems almost an irrelevance on another dramatic day of mass street demonstrations in Bangkok

Oncologist returns home to help children

Posted: 09 Dec 2013 06:37 AM PST

Lorna Renner initiated the partnership of Korle Bu hospital and World Child Cancer, the charity selected by the FT for the 2013 Seasonal Appeal

Martian lake could have supported life

Posted: 09 Dec 2013 09:00 AM PST

Curiosity, the Mars rover, finds evidence of a site that had concentrations of the elements needed to sustain primitive life forms 3.6bn years ago