Borders closed to tackle Ebola outbreak

Borders closed to tackle Ebola outbreak
Crunch point for Ukrainian separatists
Yukos shareholders face battle to claim $50bn
S African metalworkers to end strike
Kerry ceasefire efforts anger Israelis
Emirates leads push to change conflict zone rules
Brazil voters face dirty politics as usual
Medicare expected to stay solvent longer
France proud of first world war solidarity
Libya battles blaze as militias clash

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 10:03 AM PDT

Restrictions come after medical charities warned the outbreak was 'out of control' and could spread further, and called on governments in region to do more

Crunch point for Ukrainian separatists

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 10:52 AM PDT

Month-long counter-offensive by the Ukrainian army has pushed rebel forces back into urban centres and is reaching crunch point

Yukos shareholders face battle to claim $50bn

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 10:01 AM PDT

The ruling by the arbitration court over Yukos will be seen as overtly political coming as it does just 24 hours ahead of what are expected to be tough new sanctions from Europe

S African metalworkers to end strike

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 11:27 AM PDT

More than 200,000 members of the Numsa union have accepted an offer of a 10% annual pay rise, according to union leader Irvin Jim

Kerry ceasefire efforts anger Israelis

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 10:15 AM PDT

Secretary of state's attempt to broker an end to hostilities in Gaza has opened up a fresh rift between the US and its Middle East ally

Emirates leads push to change conflict zone rules

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 11:57 AM PDT

Emirates Airline seeks to have a new body share information between carriers about flying over conflict zones, including their risk assessments

Brazil voters face dirty politics as usual

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 11:19 AM PDT

As the World Cup afterglow fades, corruption allegations are levelled at each candidate in a campaign characterised by old rivalries and scare tactics

Medicare expected to stay solvent longer

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 11:53 AM PDT

The finances of the government health insurance programme for the elderly are improving, but disability fund will run out of money by the end of 2016

France proud of first world war solidarity

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 04:56 AM PDT

The first world war is seen as a war in which the French stood together against an invader who had taken Paris in 1871 and was to do so again in 1940

Libya battles blaze as militias clash

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 09:34 AM PDT

The government warned groups fighting for control of the airport of a 'humanitarian and environmental disaster if fire fighters are blocked