Convoy complicates Kiev’s offensive

Convoy complicates Kiev’s offensive
Russia defies Ukraine and sends in aid convoy
Trust in Kiev falls as refugees multiply
White House resists Pentagon’s Iraq advice
Sixty killed in Iraq mosque massacre
Cordon tightens around Ebola states
Television lags behind Twitter in Ferguson
Former governor’s trial transfixes Virginia
Kerala decides to ban the demon drink
Hamas kills alleged Israeli spies

Posted: 22 Aug 2014 10:45 AM PDT

Concerns are building in Kiev and the Wwest that the convoy is designed to serve as a provocation and will end up pushing Kiev into a military escalation

Russia defies Ukraine and sends in aid convoy

Posted: 22 Aug 2014 10:38 AM PDT

Security chief accuses Moscow of invasion while Poroshenko urges calm after trucks go into eastern Ukraine and head towards rebel-held Lugansk

Trust in Kiev falls as refugees multiply

Posted: 22 Aug 2014 10:17 AM PDT

As Ukraine's army closes in on rebel strongholds it faces a huge challenge winning back not just territory but the trust of people who once lived there

White House resists Pentagon’s Iraq advice

Posted: 22 Aug 2014 11:21 AM PDT

US already addressing the problem in both Iraq and Syria through the support of Isis's opponents, says national security official

Sixty killed in Iraq mosque massacre

Posted: 22 Aug 2014 10:25 AM PDT

Talks on forming a government are halted after worshippers are shot at a Sunni mosque in an attack blamed on Shia militia

Cordon tightens around Ebola states

Posted: 22 Aug 2014 10:09 AM PDT

Countries, regions and neighbourhoods are sealed off in an effort to stem the virus as hysteria grows over its spread

Television lags behind Twitter in Ferguson

Posted: 22 Aug 2014 05:48 AM PDT

The story of the Ferguson protests was told first on the messaging platform with almost 1m tweets sent before CNN had spent a single minute reporting them

Former governor’s trial transfixes Virginia

Posted: 22 Aug 2014 06:08 AM PDT

The case's most compelling storyline is the former first couple's marriage and the novel defence the governor's lawyers have presented to jury

Kerala decides to ban the demon drink

Posted: 22 Aug 2014 05:20 AM PDT

India's biggest-boozing state is to ban the demon drink within 10 years, a move that could harm hotels and the region's coffers

Hamas kills alleged Israeli spies

Posted: 22 Aug 2014 07:18 AM PDT

Suspected collaborators were shot dead in a crackdown by the militant group after its leaders were targeted in air strikes this week