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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Gunmen attack Libya’s parliament

Gunmen attack Libya’s parliament


Gunmen attack Libya’s parliament

Posted: 18 May 2014 11:14 AM PDT

Libya's government condemned what it described as a coup attempt after forces loyal to a former an army officer launched an attack on parliament

3,000 Chinese evacuated from Vietnam

Posted: 18 May 2014 05:10 AM PDT

Vietnam is clamping down on anti-China protests as Beijing sends ships and aircraft to pick up Chinese nationals stranded after violent protests in one of Asia's main manufacturing centres

Indians look to Modi for economic revival

Posted: 18 May 2014 08:08 AM PDT

With limited room for manoeuvre despite Narendra Modi's secure parliamentary majority, reviving India's stuttering economy will not be easy

West African nations unite on Boko Haram

Posted: 18 May 2014 09:50 AM PDT

Islamist movement no longer viewed as a purely Nigerian problem as nations agree a 'global and regional action plan' at Paris talks

Turkey arrests 18 over mine disaster

Posted: 18 May 2014 10:48 AM PDT

Prosecutors in Turkey have arrested at least 18 people, including company executives, in connection with the mine fire that killed 301 miners

Pope’s mass plan raises Jerusalem hackles

Posted: 18 May 2014 08:13 AM PDT

The plan to hold mass in the room, known as the Cenacle, has sparked an ugly disagreement that is threatening to undermine the visit

Donetsk governor upbeat on peace talks

Posted: 18 May 2014 07:41 AM PDT

Serhiy Taruta says popular revulsion with the chaos gives him hope that peace talks will bring about a deal to shift power from Kiev to the regions

Thousands flee Bosnia and Serbia floods

Posted: 18 May 2014 10:34 AM PDT

As the floods – the worst since records began – expose minefields from the 1990s civil war, authorities say the death toll is likely to rise

Kerviel refuses to return to France

Posted: 18 May 2014 08:39 AM PDT

Rogue trader wants government to intervene in case and vows to stay in Italy until Hollande responds to request for witness immunity

Rebels kill Syria’s air defence chief

Posted: 18 May 2014 11:51 AM PDT

The head of Syria's air defence force has been killed in a rebel attack near Damascus, in a psychological blow to President Bashar al-Assad's forces

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