The Israeli navy has confronted and turned back a Libyan ship carrying 3,000 tonnes of food and other supplies to the Gaza Strip

The axe is falling on real estate companies as a six-year property bubble finally bursts, while similar cost-cutting measures are sweeping through the investment banking ... more

Differences are widening over a European Commission €200bn economic recovery plan, with France and the UK eager to see a big, co-ordinated stimulus package but ... more

Three parties in Thailand's ruling coalition could face dissolution if a constitutional court finds them guilty of buying votes in the run-up to last year's ... more

UK manufacturing fell at a record pace in November as new orders collapsed, according to the latest purchasing managers' survey complied by Markit/CIPS

Chancellor says Germany will keep 'all options open' in tackling the rolling economic crisis, raising the likelihood that Berlin would top up its modest fiscal ... more