Obama seeks to boost Europe’s resolve

Obama seeks to boost Europe’s resolve
Top Nato general in Russian troops alert
Erdogan defiant over Twitter ban
NSA accused of breaching Huawei servers
French data lift hopes in jet search
German property rush chases concrete gold
Egypt’s army donates land for housebuilding
Rousseff under fire over Petrobras deal
China union challenges Walmart closure plan
North Korea in fresh rocket launch

Posted: 23 Mar 2014 08:57 AM PDT

Overriding focus of meetings will be how to fashion and hold together tough line against Putin whose lightning incursion into Ukraine has startled the west

Top Nato general in Russian troops alert

Posted: 23 Mar 2014 12:14 PM PDT

General Philip Breedlove, commander of US and NATO forces in Europe, said Russian forces to east of Ukraine were 'very, very sizeable and very, very ready'

Erdogan defiant over Twitter ban

Posted: 23 Mar 2014 12:32 PM PDT

Mr Erdogan accused Twitter of fomenting unrest in Ukraine and Egypt as well as in Turkey itself by ignoring national laws under the name of freedom

NSA accused of breaching Huawei servers

Posted: 23 Mar 2014 08:56 AM PDT

The Chinese telecoms equipment maker condemns report that its servers were breached by the US National Security Agency amid fresh claims by Edward Snowden

French data lift hopes in jet search

Posted: 23 Mar 2014 06:31 AM PDT

Satellite images from French authorities show 'potential objects' near the southern corridor of search area, off southwest coast of Australia

German property rush chases concrete gold

Posted: 23 Mar 2014 07:44 AM PDT

Low interest rates have seen savers invest in houses and flats in a country famed for its renting culture and for saving 10 per cent of its income

Egypt’s army donates land for housebuilding

Posted: 23 Mar 2014 11:40 AM PDT

Arabtec, a UAE company, will build the new homes on 160m square metres of land in 13 provinces which are part of the army's vast land holdings in desert areas

Rousseff under fire over Petrobras deal

Posted: 23 Mar 2014 04:40 AM PDT

The controversy comes as Ms Rousseff, who was the head of Petrobras' board at the time of the deal, prepares to stand for a second term

China union challenges Walmart closure plan

Posted: 23 Mar 2014 01:10 AM PDT

The official ACFTU union is intervening in a worker compensation battle after US retailer decided to close some of its China stores

North Korea in fresh rocket launch

Posted: 22 Mar 2014 10:35 PM PDT

Pyongyang fires off string of rockets for a second straight day in protest at joint US-South Korea military exercises