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Thursday, April 17, 2014

Putin says Russia ready to act in Ukraine

Putin says Russia ready to act in Ukraine


Putin says Russia ready to act in Ukraine

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 05:06 AM PDT

Russian president says he hopes for a political resolution to the crisis in eastern Ukraine but would be ready to intervene if diplomacy fails

Putin sends measured message to west

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 07:10 AM PDT

Russian president suggests in an annual live television phone-in that the Ukraine crisis is putting his country on a more equal footing with the west

Turkey spy agency gets new powers

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 10:54 AM PDT

Critics say the National Intelligence Agency 'will be able to monitor all of society' and fear the move is part of a wider political struggle

Wait for Bouteflika as Algerians vote

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 10:57 AM PDT

President backed by military and a business class believed to have amassed large fortunes amid a big expansion in hydrocarbons revenues

Italy budget request dismays Brussels

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 11:29 AM PDT

Officials say European Commission is likely to stand firm in the face of Rome's request for an extra year to meet agreed budget targets

China jails Weibo ‘rumour monger’

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 05:12 AM PDT

Three-year term for Qin Zhihui and detention of other bloggers sparks concern, with some analysts seeing 'censorship discount' hitting Sina Weibo IPO

Indians cast votes on key election day

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 05:37 AM PDT

BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi remains favourite to lead next government as voters choose candidates for nearly a fifth of 543 seats

US to help companies invest in Myanmar

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 08:01 AM PDT

The opening of a US commercial service office in the southeast Asian nation sets the stage for President Barack Obama's trip to Asia next week

Amazon faces fresh wave of German strikes

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 02:33 AM PDT

Hundreds of employees in Amazon's distribution centres in Leipzig and Bad Hersfeld walk out of their workplaces in protest against pay conditions

Anger over S Korea ferry rescue efforts

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 11:52 PM PDT

Divers are engaged in a huge operation to find 282 people, many of them schoolchildren, missing after the sinking of a South Korean ferry

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