Sectarian divide fuels Iraq crisis

Sectarian divide fuels Iraq crisis
Washington puts air power into the Gulf
Lisbon grapples with constitutional court
Ukraine president calls for new sanctions
Netanyahu blames Hamas for kidnapping
Fed ponders fresh cut to growth forecasts
Mozambique investors worry about stability
Bausch & Lomb job cuts add to Irish misery
China seeks closure to Walmart labour row
Pakistani air strikes kill militants

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 09:13 AM PDT

Sunnis in Baghdad are on edge as the city's Shia majority mobilise in their thousands in an attempt to halt the advance of Isis militants

Washington puts air power into the Gulf

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 09:20 AM PDT

US says help would be partly dependent on the Shia-dominated Maliki government launching a political process to involve more of Iraq's Sunnis and Kurds

Lisbon grapples with constitutional court

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 10:38 AM PDT

Latest ruling on government's austerity plans raises questions over potential clashes between national constitutions and eurozone policy making

Ukraine president calls for new sanctions

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 07:49 AM PDT

Poroshenko says he has told armed forces to take control of the border with Russia 'through which terrorists are receiving arms, vehicles, backing and money'

Netanyahu blames Hamas for kidnapping

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 09:33 AM PDT

Disappearance adds to strain on relations caused by formation of Palestinian national unity government including Gaza-based militant group

Fed ponders fresh cut to growth forecasts

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 04:38 AM PDT

Rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week is unlikely to signal big changes to monetary policy

Mozambique investors worry about stability

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 05:02 AM PDT

Filipe Nyusi, consensus candidate, is being introduced to voters before what is set to be the most competitive poll in resource-rich country's history

Bausch & Lomb job cuts add to Irish misery

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 04:27 AM PDT

Uproar in Waterford where pay cuts indicate cost base is out of line with elsewhere and economic recovery may not be as deep as government thinks

China seeks closure to Walmart labour row

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 12:57 AM PDT

After China's long spring of industrial unrest, the last dispute, with Walmart, is nearing resolution as officials urge workers to accept settlement

Pakistani air strikes kill militants

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 02:22 AM PDT

The strikes came a week after an audacious terrorist strike on the country's busiest international airport in the southern port city of Karachi