The United States is hoping that new sanctions targeting Iran's central bank and its oil industry will pressure the Islamic Republic to stop enriching uranium, but Iran is defiant, claiming that it can withstand any oil embargo for two or three years.
Housing busts and recessions are more severe and last for at least five years when they follow a big run-up in household debt, according to a study released on Tuesday by the International Monetary Fund.
British customers of Pizza Hut are privy to a delicious option for their pizza: a hot dog-stuffed crust!
There were three survivors on board the Titanic, who have barely received any attention over the past 100 years: The Dogs.
The link between Nazi Germany and ancient India, however, goes deeper than just the swastika.
McDonald's Corp will franchise out restaurants in Russia for the first time after picking the sector's largest restaurant holding company Rosinter as its partner in the fast-growing market.
The think tank's composite leading indicators for February showed strong signs of regained momentum in the U.S. and Japanese economies, while Brazil, India, Russia and China showed positive signals compared with the previous month's assessment.
The world's stock exchanges are trying to rein in some of the most controversial activities of high-speed trading firms, among their most valued clients, to help head off tough sanctions from regulators.
The two suspects in a shooting rampage that terrorized the black community in Tulsa, Okla., over the weekend have confessed, police said Monday.
China expressed consternation over the decision of the Australian government to ban telecommunications giant Huawei from competing in its new national broadband network over concerns for cybersecurity.
The words are so shocking, you could hardly believe they come from a journalist's mouth. On Sunday's broadcast of CNN Newsroom, reporter Susan Candiotti used a racial slur on live television. Should CNN do more to protect its viewers?
In 2006, Kashmiri politician Omar Abdullah made a bet that Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari wouldn't be able to visit the state of Kashmir during his trip to India. The wager: a single rupee. On Sunday, Abdullah said that Zardari had lost and was obligated to pay up.
It seems Samsung enthusiasts have been so wrapped up in Samsung S3 rumors that they failed to consider the Galaxy Note as the S2's sequel, which is what Samsung's UK VP considers it to be.
200 Gosling-themed Easter eggs were hidden in New York City on Sunday. But Gosling himself had nothing to do with it.
President Obama will host Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff on Monday in an effort to strengthen ties between two of the world's largest economies.
Damon Albarn says that future projects with Blur and Gorillaz is unlikely.
Alvin Watts and Jake England have been charged for the shooting rampage in Tulsa, Okla., that has left three dead and two injured. Their bond has been set at a reported $10,160,000 each.
Google celebrates the 182nd anniversary of the birth of Eadweard J Muybridge, a British groundbreaking photographer who was renowned for his film-strip racehorses that captured all four of their hooves off the ground at the same time.
Two white men were arrested Sunday in connection with the shooting of five black African-American men, north of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Friday night, Associated Press reported.Police held the suspects, Jake England, 19, and Alvin Watts, 32, at about 2:00 a.m. from the same place where the incident took place, after the investigators received an anonymous tip.
Duchess of Cornwall Camilla got a nice surprise for Easter from her mother in law Queen Elizabeth II: a new title!
Setting conditions before the meeting means drawing conclusions, which is completely meaningless, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said, referring to discussions set for Saturday in Turkey with the so-called P-5 Plus 1 group.
The world's demand for alternative energy sources is powering growth in German industry, or so a look at the list of fastest-growing public companies in that country would suggest. Already the world leader in solar panel manufacturing, Germany is also home to an array of booming companies whose business is on the more peripheral side of clean energy creation and conservation.
