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Report: Sprint reaches deal with Japan's Softbank
Japanese mobile phone company Softbank has agreed to buy 70 percent of Sprint Nextel Corp. for $20 billion, according to a news report. The deal is ...
Djokovic rallies to beat Murray in Shanghai final
Novak Djokovic saved five match points in the second set before outlasting two-time defending champion Andy Murray 5-7, 7-6 (11), 6-3 on Sunday in the ...
Thousands of UK troops to exit Afghanistan in 2013
Britain's defense secretary says thousands of troops will leave Afghanistan next year, a major reduction in U.K. forces there. Britain has said 500 ...
5 UK marines charged with murder in Afghan death
Five Royal Marines have been charged with murder over a death in Afghanistan last year, Britain's Ministry of Defense said Sunday. They are the first ...
Afghan government burns 24 tons of illegal drugs
Afghan counternarcotics police poured gasoline on more than 24 tons of narcotics and other illegal substances, then set the pile ablaze on the ...
Opposition expected to gain in Lithuanian ballot
Lithuanians are expected to deal a double-blow to the incumbent conservative government in national elections Sunday by handing a victory to ...
China central bank says currency near equilibrium
China's currency has reached its equilibrium rate and its value is mainly determined by the market, rather than intervention, Beijing's central bank ...
Bernanke: Fed policies to help emerging markets
Chairman Ben Bernanke is rejecting arguments that the Federal Reserve's bold moves to bolster U.S. job growth could have unwanted consequences in ...
Romney seeks Ohio votes as Obama preps for debate
Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan went back to school on Saturday to rally college students in all corners of all-important Ohio and hammer at ...
Blasts in southern Afghanistan kill 9
A suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up at a local intelligence office in southern Afghanistan, in the deadliest of three attacks that left ...
Romney faults Obama over inaction on China trade
Mitt Romney is attacking the Obama administration for delaying a decision about whether China is manipulating its currency to gain a trading edge.
Murray beats Federer to reach Shanghai final
Two-time defending champion Andy Murray beat an erratic-serving Roger Federer in a rainy semifinal Saturday, setting up a U.S. Open final rematch ...
Car bomb kills 17 people in northwestern Pakistan
A car bomb tore through a crowded bazaar outside an office for anti-Taliban tribal elders Saturday in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 17 ...
Murray to meet Djokovic in Shanghai Masters final
Two-time defending champion Andy Murray beat Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 in the Shanghai Masters on Saturday, setting up a rematch of the U.S. Open final ...
Tibetan man sets himself on fire to protest China
The grandfather of a revered Tibetan Buddhist figure died Saturday after setting himself on fire in protest of Chinese rule, the London-based rights ...
Kyrgyz ex-president's son arrested in London
The fugitive son of Kyrgyzstan's deposed president has been arrested by police in London on a U.S. extradition warrant on suspicion of fraud, British ...
IMF urges quick, effective moves to buoy growth
Global financial ministers called Saturday for quick and effective action to safeguard faltering economic growth and rebuild shaken confidence as they ...
Philippine peace deal seen as blow to terrorists
Hunted by U.S.-backed Filipino troops in 2005, Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khadaffy Janjalani and other al-Qaida-linked militants sought refuge in the ...
China's imports weak in negative sign for recovery
China's import growth recovered slightly in September but was weak, suggesting that a recovery for the world's second-largest economy from a painful ...
Geithner: Work remains despite US fiscal progress
Despite making progress on getting its fiscal house in order, the United States still has much work to do, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told ...
Dog that lost snout saving girls arrives in Calif.
A dog that lost its snout while saving two girls in the Philippines has been brought to the University of California, Davis, where veterinarians will ...
Feds: Passenger had murder directions on computer
A teacher arrested at Los Angeles International Airport wearing a bulletproof vest and with checked bags containing knives, body bags, a smoke grenade ...
Hearing set in Wash. state in Afghan rampage case
A hearing for the soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in March has been set for Nov. 5 at an Army base in Washington state, with villagers ...
US: Russia policy on Syria is 'morally bankrupt'
The Obama administration on Friday accused Russia of pursuing a "morally bankrupt" policy in Syria, following Turkey's seizure of alleged Russian ...
Arrests in Pakistani girl shooting
Pakistani police have arrested a number of suspects in the case of a 14-year-old girl shot and wounded by the Taliban for promoting education for ...