Russia presses Ukraine on gas bills

Russia presses Ukraine on gas bills
Opposition set to win Indonesia election
Mass death penalty scars Egypt
‘Heartbleed bug’ fears hit Canada tax site
Ex Kazakh banker wins extradition appeal
Baltics call on Nato for permanent force
Venezuelan rivals set for peace talks
US set to bar Iran’s new UN ambassador
Modi looks to woo hostile southern states
Fresh signals offer hope in hunt for MH370

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 10:50 AM PDT

Threat to force cash-strapped Kiev to pay in advance adds fresh pressure to Kiev as it struggles to defuse a stand-off with armed pro-Russian separatists

Opposition set to win Indonesia election

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 07:09 AM PDT

'Quick counts' based on votes cast in more than 550,000 polling stations show party of favourite Joko Widodo is set to win country's election

Mass death penalty scars Egypt

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 08:41 AM PDT

Since Mohamed Morsi's overthrow more than a thousand Brotherhood members have been killed and more than 16,000 people have been arrested

‘Heartbleed bug’ fears hit Canada tax site

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:00 PM PDT

Bug announced by security researchers from Codenomicon and Google Security this week is in software used to secure about two-thirds of all websites

Ex Kazakh banker wins extradition appeal

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 09:39 AM PDT

Former Kazakh banker and political activist Mukhtar Ablyazov has won an appeal against an extradition order by a French court in January

Baltics call on Nato for permanent force

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 02:52 AM PDT

Baltic countries urge Nato to base land forces permanently in the region to show Russia that the military alliance is serious about collective defence

Venezuelan rivals set for peace talks

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 11:34 AM PDT

Nicolas Maduro and Democratic Unity (MUD) representatives agree to begin formal talks on Thursday in their first sit-down since the troubles began

US set to bar Iran’s new UN ambassador

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:20 PM PDT

Obama administration says the nomination of an Iranian ambassador to the UN who was involved in the 1979 hostage crisis is 'not viable'

Modi looks to woo hostile southern states

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 10:25 PM PDT

Indian opposition leader Narendra Modi is taking his election campaign to the south of the country as he seeks backing in states which have traditionally been strongholds of the Congress party

Fresh signals offer hope in hunt for MH370

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 10:08 PM PDT

Agency co-ordinating search for missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft says two fresh signals detected but visual confirmation of wreckage still needed