Kiev hands Odessa post to new governor

Kiev hands Odessa post to new governor
Pressure builds on Nigeria to find kidnapped girls
Cornelius Gurlitt, son of Nazi era art dealer, dies
Egypt’s Sisi vows Muslim Brotherhood ‘will not exist’
Tiananmen anniversary sparks crackdown
US failing to act on climate change
Hollande pins future on economic recovery
Benghazi economy flourishes
Pig organs for humans a step closer
Six injured in Guangzhou knife attack

Posted: 06 May 2014 11:02 AM PDT

Ihor Palytsia is believed to be close to another regional chief who has prevented separatism from spreading to his region by paying bounties to police

Pressure builds on Nigeria to find kidnapped girls

Posted: 06 May 2014 10:14 AM PDT

Eight more girls have been abducted in addition to more than 200 others taken three weeks ago by suspected Boko Haram militants

Cornelius Gurlitt, son of Nazi era art dealer, dies

Posted: 06 May 2014 07:49 AM PDT

The elderly son of a Nazi era art dealer who amassed a controversial art treasure trove including works by Picasso, Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec has died

Egypt’s Sisi vows Muslim Brotherhood ‘will not exist’

Posted: 06 May 2014 05:03 AM PDT

Former defence minister widely expected to become Egypt's next president accuses the organisation of seeking to destabilise the country by violence

Tiananmen anniversary sparks crackdown

Posted: 06 May 2014 04:27 AM PDT

Human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang detained as security tightened ahead of politically sensitive 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre

US failing to act on climate change

Posted: 06 May 2014 07:14 AM PDT

America's food, water and electricity supplies are threatened by inability to adapt to the results of changing weather, according to White House study

Hollande pins future on economic recovery

Posted: 06 May 2014 06:18 AM PDT

French president raises the stakes on his commitment to a policy of tax and public spending cuts in a bid to turn around his sagging fortunes

Benghazi economy flourishes

Posted: 06 May 2014 05:47 AM PDT

Exiles returning to their home town after the ousting of Muammer Gaddafi in 2011 invest in construction and businesses, despite continued violence

Pig organs for humans a step closer

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:07 AM PDT

US company headed by Craig Venter, a pioneer of genomics, invests $50m in joint venture to produce humanised porcine lungs through synthetic biology

Six injured in Guangzhou knife attack

Posted: 06 May 2014 05:17 AM PDT

China has recently witnessed a spate of violent incidents at railway stations around the country, including one involving a bomb