Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out at the U.S. Thursday for not fighting insurgents in their “safe havens,” implying that insurgent activity in neighboring Pakistan remains unchecked.
The troubling travails of Rimsha Masih, a Christian teenager who lives near Islamabad and is facing blasphemy charges for allegedly burning pages of the Koran to cook, reflects the growing intolerance toward religious minorities that amounts to what one expert calls a “gradual genocide” in Pakistan.
Ten years later, the ghost of Argentina's 2001 default still lingers as hedge fund takes naval vessel.
Despite mild uptick in September's U.S. PMI, the deepening euro zone crisis will continue to weigh on the global economy.
In New York Thursday, Mario Monti said looming fiscal cliff and debt crisis issues in Washington might be solved by taking a page out of the Italian playbook.
The European Union asked the World Trade Organization on Thursday for the right to impose annual trade sanctions worth up to $12 billion on the United States in retaliation for illegal subsidies to plane maker Boeing (NYSE: BA.N).
Fewer Americans than forecast filed applications for new jobless benefits last week. However U.S. 2Q GDP rose less than initially estimated.
For several months now, political pundits around the globe have been speculating on when Israel would take some kind of military action against the nuclear sites in Iran. Israel may indeed attack. But even if she does, Iran will not be significantly injured.
Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) is now the 5th biggest U.S. company by market capitalization, leaping from 10th place, where it was on July 14.
Applications for U.S. home mortgages rose last week as interest rates dropped to record lows in the wake of the Federal Reserve's latest stimulus efforts, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.
It seems like only yesterday we were lauding the role technology played in unleashing the Arab Spring and now we lament its role in a deadly Arab winter of violence and mass hysteria.
U.S. single-family home prices rose for a sixth month in a row in July, though the improvement was not as strong as expected, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday.
While corporations like Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) are still sitting on a boatload of cash, they are slowly downsizing their cash holdings.
Serena Williams faces No. 1 ranked Victoria Azarenka in the women's US Open final Sunday afternoon.
For the moment, let’s set aside the friction in U.S.-Israeli relations over Iran’s nuclear program, which serves neither Washington nor Jerusalem.
Company responds to a video clip of a Pyongyang pizza joint serving its most popular soft drink. The world's largest beverage company says its product was probably brought in from a neighboring country.
Labor groups at bankrupt American Airlines said on Friday they support a potential merger with rival US Airways Group Inc in a deal they say would save more jobs than a plan by parent AMR Corp to reorganize as a stand-alone carrier.
The three main unions at bankrupt American Airlines have reached a tentative deal with US Airways Group intended to put pressure on a reluctant American to start merger talks with its rival, the unions and US Airways said on Friday.
Three unions representing workers at AMR Corp's American Airlines would support a merger with US Airways Group Inc, calling it the best strategy and fastest option to complete a restructuring at bankrupt AMR.
Three unions representing workers at AMR Corp's American Airlines would support a merger with US Airways Group Inc, calling it the best strategy and fastest option to complete a restructuring at bankrupt AMR.
Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd agreed that their chief executives would participate in settlement talks to try to resolve a patent lawsuit over smartphone and tablet technology, according to a court filing.
A tsunami can be caused by a sudden disruption of the sea floor resulting in the vertical displacement of water. When earthquakes happen beneath the sea, as in the present case, water above the area, which is deformed, will undergo sudden displacement from its equilibrium position.
