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The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency has found evidence of uranium enriched up to levels closer to the threshold needed for developing nuclear warheads at an underground Iranian facility.

The U.S. Treasury declined Friday to name China as a currency manipulator, a move that is likely to intensify an already hot debate in the U.S. presidential campaigning.

Top Chinese and Israeli military officials met in Beijing earlier this week, signaling increased cooperation between the two nations, that formerly regarded each other tepidly.

China's growing hunger for the RV is providing further evidence for the theory that the Middle Kingdom is trying to become more American -- at least in its pastimes.

Moving swiftly from the realm of tin foil-hat conspiracy to a bullet point being openly talked about as a fait accompli by international financiers, an exit by Greece from the European common currency dominated conversation this week. But what would actually happen if Greece left the euro?

Futures on major U.S. indices point to a higher opening Friday ahead of the Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index and Inflation Expectation survey.

Asian markets fell Friday on increasing concerns about China?s economic slowdown and Greece exiting the euro zone.

As soon as the door opened, 15 men -- armed with pistols, machetes and iron rods -- burst into the house and began beating the young Angolan musicians and activists who were known for protesting against government corruption and the use of violent tactics to suppress political dissent.

A school cafeteria in China's Shandong province may have attempted to serve whale meat to students -- an illegal act that came to light when the whale's carcass was discovered in the kitchen. It has since disappeared, and so has the cafeteria's manager

SumOfUs, the Washington, D.C.-based liberal group that pressured Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, about its Chinese contractors, is keeping the pressure on.

The Philippines say China has now deployed a large fishing and coast guard fleet to their disputed shoal in the South China Sea, but China says the development is in line with precedents.

The Congressional Budget Office said earlier this year in a report that the unemployment rate is already on its way down and will gradually decline to around 7 percent by the end of 2015, before dropping to near 5.5 percent by the end of 2017.

2012 will be a historic moment in the shift of global power from the West to the East. According to expert estimates and figures on military spending, in 2012 Asia's spending on defense will eclipse Europe's for the first time in the modern era.

GPEI warned that failure to eradicate polio could lead to as many as 200,000 paralyzed children a year across the globe.

Iran rejected a proposal to curb uranium enrichment during the second day of nuclear talks with Western powers in Baghdad Thursday.

Police in China arrested a young couple they say buried a 68-year-old woman alive because they believed they killed her in a drunk-driving crash.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Thursday are: Hewlett-Packard Company, Activision Blizzard Inc, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Arch Coal Inc., Aviva Plc, Siemens AG and China Telecom Corporation Limited.

A scathing new report details the way the United States is failing to attract and retain the immigrant workers -- skilled and unskilled -- who are crucial to thriving in a global economy.

Futures on major U.S. indices point to a lower opening Thursday ahead of initial jobless claims and durable orders data.

Asian markets fell Thursday on increasing concerns about the debt crisis looming over the euro zone as national leaders were unable to present specific steps to overcome the situation in Europe.

China's manufacturing activity fell in May compared to April and continued to contract for the seventh straight month, according to the preliminary HSBC Flash Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) released Thursday.