BT chief executive named British trade minister
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron has named BT chief executive Ian Livingston to be the new minister for trade and investment. Cameron told the ...

US, Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war
The Taliban and the U.S. said Tuesday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the ...

G-8 seeks unity on Syrian peace talks, tax evasion
President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders attempted to speak with one voice Tuesday on seeking a negotiated ...

G-8 NOTEBOOK: Cameron Tweets WWII bomb at G-8 site
Well, that was close. Or was it? Shortly after wrapping up one of the most peaceful Group of Eight summits in recent memory, Prime Minister David ...

The ins and outs of G-8 summit promises
Group of Eight summit participants are powerful people: the leaders of the U.S., Russia, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan, plus top ...

G8 exposes rift among leaders on Syria
Deep differences over Syria's fierce civil war clouded a summit of world leaders Monday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin defiantly rejecting ...

Putin: US-Russia positions on Syria don't coincide
Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Barack Obama on Monday that their positions on Syria do not "coincide" but the two leaders said during ...

Syria's Assad: EU will pay price for arming rebels
Syria's president warned that Europe "will pay a price" if it delivers weapons to rebels fighting to topple him, saying in an interview published ...

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama, Putin nearby at G-8
If President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin want some extra quality time together at the Group of 8 meeting, they don't have to go ...

Report of UK hacking of diplomats angers nations
A newspaper report that British eavesdropping agency GCHQ repeatedly hacked into foreign diplomats' phones and emails has prompted an angry response ...

Sweeping US-EU trade talks to start in July
A top European Union official says talks on a sweeping new free trade agreement between the EU and the US will begin next month. Jose Manuel Barroso, ...

Putin says Super Bowl ring was gift
Russian President Vladimir Putin is denying insinuations that he stole New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ring that's on display in ...

G-8 leaders to mull Syria, tax evasion, free trade
Police are expected to outnumber protesters Monday at the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland, where leaders will seek to narrow their differences on ...

Putin, Cameron still hopeful on Syria peace talks
The leaders of Britain and Russia said Sunday they're hopeful that Syria's warring factions can hammer out their differences at upcoming peace talks ...

G8 faces uncertain recoveries, turbulent markets
Europe is mired in debt and recession. Financial markets have hit violent ups and downs on fears that U.S. stimulus efforts may soon be scaled back.

For Belfast, keeping peace means a city of walls
When President Obama comes to Belfast, he's expected to praise a country at peace and call for walls that separate Irish Catholics and British ...

Obama trade dilemma: Scant support from Democrats
President Barack Obama is aggressively pushing an ambitious agenda to liberalize global trading. But already political trade wars are forming, and ...