UK senior bank managers rebel against regulation
Some senior bank managers have been reported to be on the point of resignation because of the onerous nature of the new regulatory structure that is set to be imposed on the industry. Patrick Jenkins ...
3 Joulu 20145min
The rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria
Nigerian Islamist extremists have carried out a series of increasingly bold attacks against towns and villages in the north east of the country, which the government security forces have seemed powerl...
2 Joulu 20147min
Qatar's Gulf rapprochement includes deal to curb Al Jazeera
Qatar has been under pressure from fellow Arab Gulf states over its alleged support for Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood, but according to Bahrain's foreign minister, it has now agreed to back th...
1 Joulu 20148min
Zimbabwe president tightens grip on power
Zimbabwe’s veteran president Robert Mugabe has tightened his vice-like grip on power as his ruling Zanu-PF party gears up for a critical conference next week. His vice-president Joice Mujuru has been ...
27 Marras 20145min
Ebola vaccine trial shows promising results
The first Ebola vaccine to be tested on humans, developed by GlaxoSmithKline and the US National Institutes of Health, has shown promising results in early trials, paving the way for it to be tested o...
27 Marras 20146min
Iraqi forces take the fight to Isis
Iraqi forces have begun to challenge the control of Islamist militants over parts of the Sunni province of Anbar west of the capital Baghdad. Fiona Symon talks to Borzou Daragahi, Middle East corresp...
26 Marras 20147min
Who is behind the Regin malware?
Russian and Saudi Arabian telecoms companies have been targetted by a sophisticated cyber snooping operation reminiscent of the Stuxnet worm that was developed by US and Israeli government hackers to ...
25 Marras 20146min
Apple challenges Spotify
Apple is once again preparing to shake up the way people listen to music. After almost single-handedly creating the legal download market a decade ago, the company is now planning to bundle Beats musi...
20 Marras 20146min
