Iraq’s prime minister fights for survival

Iraq’s prime minister fights for survival
Bush acolytes use Iraq to defend records
King Juan Carlos set to abdicate
Turkey sentences former president to life
Feuding mars start of Irish bank inquiry
France to set nuclear power cap
Afghan election candidate calls foul
Ukraine outlines plans for ceasefire
Liechtenstein to return €167m to Nigeria
China accuses Vietnam of ‘hyping’ dispute

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 10:54 AM PDT

Nouri al-Maliki struggles to maintain his grip on power amid a Sunni insurgency and as political rivals are determined to force him out of office

Bush acolytes use Iraq to defend records

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 10:27 AM PDT

Former president's inner circle attack Barack Obama over the worsening violence in the country and urge a new military intervention

King Juan Carlos set to abdicate

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 09:20 AM PDT

Crown Prince Felipe will be proclaimed as Spain's new monarch in the first royal transition since the country returned to democracy in the late 1970s

Turkey sentences former president to life

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 12:02 PM PDT

Decision on 97-year-old comes as constitutional court rules that 230 defendants in the Sledgehammer coup plot trial had their rights violated

Feuding mars start of Irish bank inquiry

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 11:42 AM PDT

A committee set up to investigate Ireland's 2008 banking collapse is set to meet for the first time amid accusations that it has already lost its credibility

France to set nuclear power cap

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 08:48 AM PDT

François Hollande's government is to cut the share of nuclear power in French electricity generation to 50 per cent by 2025 from about 75 per cent today

Afghan election candidate calls foul

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 08:36 AM PDT

Abdullah Abdullah claims Saturday's second round decider with Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was plagued by widespread ballot rigging and had no legitimacy

Ukraine outlines plans for ceasefire

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 05:09 AM PDT

Announcement by President Petro Poroshenko comes as security forces appear to be making progress at reclaiming parts of breakaway eastern regions

Liechtenstein to return €167m to Nigeria

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 08:31 AM PDT

Constitutional court dismissed late military dictator's companies' claims last year, but principality refused to let funds go

China accuses Vietnam of ‘hyping’ dispute

Posted: 18 Jun 2014 06:14 AM PDT

Beijing diplomat tells Hanoi to 'stop disrupting' Chinese oil drilling in latest disagreement over the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea