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BP would be blocked from winning future drilling permits in the US because of its safety record under energy legislation passed by the House of Representatives

US growth slowed to an annualised rate of 2.4 per cent in the second quarter but robust business demand suggested that the economy would avoid a feared “double dip” that could drag the world back into recession

Italy appeared to be heading for early elections or a government shake-up after Silvio Berlusconi moved to expel dissidents from his People of Liberty party, reducing his parliamentary majority to a thread

Asil Nadir, the tycoon and alleged fraudster, is due to return to Britain after almost 20 years, but will not face punishment for fleeing the country because his bail was never properly set, a court has ruled

Europe’s top politicians are united in seeking to send out a message of moderation this summer, as they stay close to home for the holidays

A senior Beijing official’s reference to China as the ‘world’s second-largest economy’ has sparked excited speculation that Asia’s new powerhouse may have already reached a long-looming milestone by surpassing Japan

US relief at Islamabad’s retention of its powerful army chief will be tempered by documents on WikiLeaks that allege the ISI backed Afghan militants while he was in charge

BP engineers are preparing to pump thousands of litres of heavy “mud” into the top of the ruptured Gulf of Mexico well that has caused the worst oil spill in US history.

China’s military has condemned a US intervention in the dispute over maritime borders in the South China Sea, less than a day after Beijing said it had conducted a large naval exercise in the area

Russia called in the army to combat fires sweeping across the drought-stricken European part of the country and forcing thousands of people to flee

Indian paramilitary forces opened fire on angry anti-India protestors in several different parts of the troubled Muslim-majority state of Kashmir, killing at least three people

Senior US officials are expected to visit Iraq in August amid mounting concern that Washington will complete a significant troop withdrawal from the fragile country with no new government in office

Rise partly reflects VAT increases in southern European countries hit by the crisis over public finances, with price pressures expected to remain moderate in the months ahead

Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, visits Beirut with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah as tensions rise over the Hariri tribunal

Fresh data reveal an unexpected rise in the unemployment rate and a drop in industrial production amid the country’s ongoing battle with deflation

Afghanistan’s president says named individuals could be targeted by insurgents for working with US forces

Barack Obama said education was “the economic issue of our time”, linking America’s declining public schools with its struggles to remain competitive

Budget defecits have prompted the Russian government to give initial backing for the biggest privatisation programme since the 1990s

Tensions between the government and business have risen after it emerged many leading companies have been blocked from bringing in non-European staff

David Cameron, the UK prime minister, has appealed for New Delhi’s support to defeat forces of economic nationalism that threatened to close down the world trading system at a time of economic weakness