Europe Mario Monti warns of “psychological break-up” of the European Union In an interview with Germany’s der Spiegel magazine yesterday, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti warned that the eurozone crisis was creat...
Africa and Middle East Syria urgency heightens in crisis Reports of new fighting have come out of Syria’s two main cities Damascus and Aleppo. Both are strategically very important to both rebels and official forces as the co...
Africa and Middle East Syria waits for UN General Assembly vote The United Nations (UN) is today voting on a resolution that will condemn efforts by the Security Council to fail in finding a solution to the Syria crisis. The vo...
Europe Suspected terror cell arrested in Spain A suspected al-Qaeda trio has been arrested in southern Spain. One man, believed to be a Turkish national, was arrested near San Rogue where explosives were obtained. Two linked su...
Europe Scheme launches in UK to prompt lending The Funding for Lending initiative, a new scheme to prompt banks and other lenders to make more money available to homeowners and businesses, has come into operation in th...
Europe Romanian President survives impeachment vote Romanian President Traian Basescu has survived a referendum on his impeachment, with turnout below the 50% threshold needed to validate the vote. Of those who voted...
Europe Spanish recession deepens, but borrowing costs fall Official figures show a contraction of 0.4% inSpain’s GDP for the second quarter of the year. This shows the country’s recession deepening as it follows ...
Middle East & Africa Syria army sparks further conflict in Aleppo The United States (US) has expressed grave concern over the Syrian army’s assault on the rebel stronghold Aleppo, Syria’s second city. The US state dep...