Obama warns against nationalist conflicts

Obama warns against nationalist conflicts
Crimea’s businesses in buoyant mood
IMF rushes through $15bn bailout for Kiev
Merkel considers EU migrant restrictions
Mas vows to press ahead with Catalan vote
Bin Laden son-in-law found guilty
Turkey court rules against Twitter ban
Malaysia reveals more images of debris
Egypt and Russia to boost trade ties
Pope replaces Germany’s ‘bishop of bling’

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 11:42 AM PDT

US president sends a clear signal that he views the Russian annexation of Crimea as a direct challenge to western values

Crimea’s businesses in buoyant mood

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 12:28 PM PDT

Officials promise that the mooring of Crimea's financial future to a stronger economy is reason to celebrate, but the buoyant mood is tinged with trepidation

IMF rushes through $15bn bailout for Kiev

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 09:50 AM PDT

Concern Kiev running out of foreign currency and initial aid payments could be made by the end of April, according to officials involved in the negotiations

Merkel considers EU migrant restrictions

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 11:10 AM PDT

Proposals to limit the right of unemployed from other EU states to remain in Germany and tighten access to welfare benefits

Mas vows to press ahead with Catalan vote

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:48 AM PDT

Catalonian president vows to press ahead with independence vote despite a court ruling warning regions they have no right to self-determination

Bin Laden son-in-law found guilty

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 11:00 AM PDT

A jury takes five hours to convict Sulaiman Abu Ghaith on terrorism-related charges after a three-week trial which provided a rare insight into the former al-Qaeda leader

Turkey court rules against Twitter ban

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 11:26 AM PDT

Ankara district court imposes a stay on measure to ban Twitter after hearing Turkish Bar Association argue the block was disproportionate and illegal

Malaysia reveals more images of debris

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 06:50 AM PDT

French satellite from March 23 shows 122 objects in southern Indian Ocean, near two earlier sets of debris, as search for missing aircraft resumes

Egypt and Russia to boost trade ties

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:34 AM PDT

Moscow feels deeply uneasy that its traditional allies in the Middle East have crumbled and it is trying to establish new alliances

Pope replaces Germany’s ‘bishop of bling’

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:46 AM PDT

Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, Bishop of Limburg, had faced widespread criticism for spending more than €31m renovating his official residence