
A look at Cyprus' decision to tax depositors
People with bank accounts in Cyprus were shocked Saturday to learn that as part of an agreement reached with international creditors the government ...

Cypriots' president defends bailout deal
Cyprus' president said Saturday that the decision to force bank depositors to share the burden of a €10 billion ($13 billion) bailout package from its ...

Egyptians in south clash over president's visit
Police fired tear gas to disperse thousands of supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi during clashes that erupted on Saturday as he ...

Bachelet: Chile left's hope in presidential vote
Michelle Bachelet has a deep resume: daughter of a general tortured to death for opposing a coup, leftist exile during the ensuing bloody ...
$11M EU grant targets Caribbean food production
The European Union will award a Caribbean trade bloc $11 million to help boost food production in the region and offset the cost of importing produce.

3 astronauts return to Earth from space station
A Soyuz space capsule carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts landed Saturday morning on the foggy steppes of Kazakhstan, safely ...

Cyprus secures $13 bn bailout from eurozone, IMF
Cash-strapped Cyprus secured a €10 billion ($13 billion) bailout package from its European partners and the International Monetary Fund in a bid to ...

Argentine publisher reissues book on Pope Francis
The naming of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis has inspired the enthusiasm not only of many Roman Catholics, but also of a publisher planning to ...

Hugo Chavez coffin parades past Venezuela's ills
The road from the military academy where Hugo Chavez's body has been lying in state to the hilltop museum where he'll be displayed indefinitely is ...

Nigeria summons US official over tweets on pardon
Nigeria's foreign ministry summoned a top U.S. diplomat Friday night over an issue of national importance — on Twitter. At dispute are two messages ...

France considers amnesty for ransacking strikers
With its long vacations, short hours and myriad workers' rights, France has a reputation for being a hard place to do business. Now add this to the ...
Pork found in Norwegian, UK, products for Muslims
Europe's embarrassing meat saga took a troubling twist after reports emerged in Norway and Britain that meat labeled 'halal', or fit for consumption ...
IMF says Europe's banking sector still fragile
Europe's banks are still fragile and the European Union has a way to go to make them stable, the International Monetary Fund said Friday in its first ...
Oil rises ahead of US industrial production data
The price of oil rose to near $94 on Friday ahead of the release of U.S. industrial production and manufacturing figures that analysts expect to show ...
Energy drink producer says it is being blackmailed
Energy drink producer Red Bull says it is being blackmailed, with the perpetrators threatening to place cans of its product contaminated with feces ...
5 convicted of inventing movie to hide tax fraud
The clue was in the title. In some ways "A Landscape of Lies" was a typical indie film, with a tiny budget, a B-list cast and an award from an ...

Pakistani activist for poor shot dead in Karachi
Gunmen shot and killed a pioneering Pakistani activist in Karachi who helped bring services like sewer and water to the city's poorest neighborhoods, ...

Workers protest to get EU leaders to end austerity
Some 10,000 workers from across the European Union protested outside a summit of EU leaders Thursday, demanding they end years of austerity and focus ...
Zippo withdraws lighters sold on extremist website
Zippo's German distributor is withdrawing a number of lighters bearing militaristic designs after they showed up on an extremist website that sells ...
Anschutz says sports company no longer for sale
AEG, the company that owns the NHL's Los Angeles Kings and the Staples Center, is no longer for sale, its billionaire owner Philip Anschutz said ...
Bad weather postpones return of 3 astronauts
Bad weather is delaying the return of three astronauts from the International Space Station. The astronauts were scheduled to land in a Soyuz capsule ...
US probes new pancreas risks with diabetes drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking into new evidence that suggests a group of recently approved diabetes drugs can increase the risk of ...
Obama says Iran a year away from nuclear weapon
Iran is about a year away from developing a nuclear weapon and the United States remains committed to doing everything in its power to prevent that ...