Sheryl Sandberg, COO and director of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), joined the parade of insiders who have cashed in on the company's public status.
A new poll shows citizens of both Japan and China would overwhelmingly prefer a victory by U.S. President Barack Obama on Election Day.
Dozens of Iraqi refugees are camped out at a public square in the Hague, desperate to avoid deportation.
Shares of Netflix Inc. (NFLX) eased slightly Thursday, a day after activist investor Carl Icahn disclosed he had acquired a near-10 percent stake.
Bankers in Switzerland were fuming at what they saw as the bungled strategy of the bank's new Italian managers.
It has been ten years since the moderately Islamist AKP rose to power in a divided Turkey.
The Obama and Romney campaigns briefly paused in the wake of the storm. But both candidates will likely be scrambling for votes until Election Day.
Victoire Ingabire, Rwanda's opposition leader, was sentenced to eight years in prison for discussing Hutu-Tutsi rivalries.
From Vietnam to Somalia, artists critical of the government payed a heavy price on Monday.
The Tanzanian port city of Dar es Salaam inaugurated a new commuter rail system on Monday, working within a limited budget.
Meteoreologists using the fastest supercomputers, software and satellites track Hurricane Sandy trying to forecast danger and damage.
Is the fashion world -- Thom Browne, de la Renta, von Furstenberg, and others -- snubbing the Republican candidate’s wife, Ann Romney?
U.S. companies announced thousands of layoffs last week, including many on Friday, despite economic growth.
Harlem Desir will be the first black man to lead one of France's major political parties. Is he a Socialist Barack Obama?
A Congolese gynecologist and human rights activist survived an assassination attempt.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has proposed a new "standard" of personalized airfares that it says will be a "revolution in airline retailing."
According to a new report from the World Bank, easing trade restrictions could be the key to fixing Africa's low agricultural productivity.
Lana Wachowski, who co-directed "Cloud Atlas," recently gave a speech discussing her suicide attempt.
The iPhone from Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), may be just what the doctor ordered for the Big 3 mobile carriers: a proven moneymaker.
Germany at last is honoring the Roma victims of the Holocaust, but today's Roma still live in poverty and exclusion all over Europe.
Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), is expected to report a loss, in large part due to its effort to build momentum for its line of Kindle Fire tablets.
Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) will report a third-quarter loss but investors await subscriber numbers and comment about SoftBank's acquisition bid.
With France sending drones and other Western powers pledging support, an offensive against extremists in Mali is gearing up.
The world's only one-star carrier, Air Koryo, has launched an English-language website, but good luck purchasing a flight there.
The troika that decides how and when to financially rescue Greece has apparently given it a two-year extension on fiscal reform.
Two easily overlooked charts on the state of the Spanish housing market show the situation in the country is likely to get even worse.
Mosley will forever be remembered for forming the British Union of Fascists.
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) reports third-quarter results Wednesday which are generally expected to be about flat with last year’s.
The emir of Qatar became the first head of state to visit Hamas-controlled Gaza on Tuesday, even though Gulf state is an ally of the West.