Putin starts to show the strain

Putin starts to show the strain
Bodies prepared for flight to Netherlands
Erdogan slams Israel over Gaza
Ceasefire talks make little progress
Joko Widodo elected Indonesia president
UK to hold inquiry into Litvinenko death
Turkey detains dozens of police officers
Real Madrid signs Rodriguez for €80m
UK borrowing higher than expected
Detroit retirees back city bankruptcy plan

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 09:17 AM PDT

Analysts who once praised the president's strategic skills and his seeming mastery of western governments now warn that he has boxed himself into a corner

Bodies prepared for flight to Netherlands

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 08:34 AM PDT

Dutch prime minister calls on EU to take a harsher approach to Russia following the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17

Erdogan slams Israel over Gaza

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 06:59 AM PDT

As the Turkish prime minister attacks Israel's killing of civilians in Gaza, hopes of an imminent restoration of full diplomatic ties have faded

Ceasefire talks make little progress

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 04:51 AM PDT

Egyptian framework rejected last week by Hamas still on the table after talks between John Kerry and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt's president.

Joko Widodo elected Indonesia president

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 06:57 AM PDT

Reformist Jakarta governor beats self-styled strongman Prabowo Subianto, who said he would reject the results claiming the poll was unfair

UK to hold inquiry into Litvinenko death

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 06:03 AM PDT

Sir Robert Owen has been asked by the Home Office to chair an inquiry to establish whether Moscow was responsible for the death of Alexander Litvinenko

Turkey detains dozens of police officers

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 03:00 AM PDT

Arrests heighten the stakes in the battle between Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, and Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic preacher

Real Madrid signs Rodriguez for €80m

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 10:10 AM PDT

The six-year deal underlines the huge inflation taking place in European football – James Rodriguez's signing is the third €50m-plus deal this summer

UK borrowing higher than expected

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 02:33 AM PDT

Public finances have failed to keep up with the recovery, underlining the long way still to go before they are restored to a sustainable footing

Detroit retirees back city bankruptcy plan

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 11:18 PM PDT

The move is a critical step that caps months of intense negotiations and mediated settlements with labour unions, pension funds and bondholders