Russia has ‘over 1,000 troops’ in Ukraine

Russia has ‘over 1,000 troops’ in Ukraine
Russia moves to freeze Ukraine conflict
Poland and Denmark vie for EU top job
Hollande pushes for EU budget flexibility
WHO warns 20,000 at risk from Ebola
Catalan leader warns Madrid on economy
Erdogan sworn in as Turkey’s president
China deals cash blow to Mugabe
Gaza fishermen view meagre catch
Former Thai leaders’ murder trial scrapped

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 12:31 PM PDT

Images show Russian units 'inside Ukraine', as Poroshenko cancels Turkey visit and demands a UN Security Council meeting to discuss situation

Russia moves to freeze Ukraine conflict

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 10:30 AM PDT

Military analysts see Moscow's stealth offensive as a strategy to force Kiev to call a ceasefire and enter talks, which could last for years

Poland and Denmark vie for EU top job

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 08:37 AM PDT

Both Poland's Donald Tusk and Denmark's Helle Thorning-Schmidt have drawbacks and an alternative could emerge to succeed Herman Van Rompuy

Hollande pushes for EU budget flexibility

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 10:02 AM PDT

French president calls for eurozone summit to agree measures that would boost growth and soften the tempo of budget deficit reduction

WHO warns 20,000 at risk from Ebola

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 07:36 AM PDT

UN's health body warns more than 20,000 people in west Africa could be infected with Ebola as it scales up plans to combat the disease

Catalan leader warns Madrid on economy

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 07:10 AM PDT

The remarks by Oriol Junqueras, the leader of the Catalonia's Esquerra Republicana party, mark an escalation in the conflict over the region's political future

Erdogan sworn in as Turkey’s president

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 09:05 AM PDT

Supporters acclaim his elevation as a step towards greater democracy while detractors denounce it as a move towards one-person rule

China deals cash blow to Mugabe

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 06:53 AM PDT

Beijing's reception of Zimbabwean president shows open-wallet policy has limits, as he departs with far less than he was seeking

Gaza fishermen view meagre catch

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 08:16 AM PDT

Word of the ceasefire has been greeted with something less than elation by fishermen, who say they are still penned in, and are pinning their hopes for a better life on later talks

Former Thai leaders’ murder trial scrapped

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 05:06 AM PDT

Judges dismiss case which centred on the alleged role of Suthep Thaugsuban and Abhisit Vejjajiva in the military's killing of demonstrators