Eric Linton

The euro hit a one-month high Tuesday and Asian shares climbed for a seventh straight day after a Greek debt relief deal was announced.

Euro zone finance ministers and the IMF announced on Monday night that they reached a deal on an urgently needed bailout for Greece.

The Egyptian president’s office said it was committed to engaging "all political forces" and stressed the "temporary nature" of the decree.

Asian shares rose Thursday as a survey showed China's manufacturing sector expanded for the first time in 13 months in November.

Ambassador Susan Rice spoke out for the first time Wednesday to defend her early account of the Benghazi attack, saying she based it on the initial intelligence assessments.

The yen fell to a 7-1/2-month low against the dollar Thursday, lifting Japan's Nikkei share average to a six-month high, on expectations of aggressive policy action under an expected new government.

Former champion boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho was shot and seriously wounded Tuesday in Puerto Rico, police said.

Israeli air strikes and Palestinian rocket fire continued Tuesday night as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks in Jerusalem.

Hostess Brands Inc., the bankrupt maker of Twinkies, said Tuesday that mediation with the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco and Grain Millers Union had failed to reach agreement and it will seek to liquidate.

Israeli bombs and Hamas rockets continued to fly as Netanyahu's Cabinet considered a truce offer.

Samsung Electronics Co. will get another chance to convince a U.S. trade agency that Apple Inc.’s iPhone, iPad iPod touch infringe its patents.

The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it is suing KBR Inc., accusing it and a Kuwaiti subcontractor of improperly charging the government for delivering and installing trailers for troops in Iraq.

Asian shares rose Tuesday on hopes of a U.S. fiscal deal, while the euro fell after Moody's Investors Service scrapped France's top-notch credit rating, reminding investors of the protracted euro mess.

A Hamas spokesman reportedly says Israel and Hamas have agreed on “90 percent” of a ceasefire deal in Egypt.

A senior Israeli official arrived in Cairo Sunday morning for talks on reaching a cease-fire, Egyptian officials said.

One of the workers missing from Friday's oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico was confirmed dead when his body was recovered on Saturday afternoon.

Japan will dissolve parliament's lower house Friday for a Dec. 16 election that is expected to return the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party to power.

The hacker collective Anonymous said Thursday that it is harassing and disabling Israeli websites to protest the bombing of Gaza.

Israelis and Palestinians alike braced for an escalation of the Gaza conflict, and a possible land invasion.

Mitt Romney blamed his defeat Wednesday on President Barack Obama’s “gifts” to blacks, Hispanics and young voters during his first term.

BP Plc is expected to plead guilty to criminal misconduct in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster under a plea deal with the Justice Department that could be announced as soon as Thursday, two sources familiar with discussions tell Reuters.

A U.S. cybersecurity bill opposed by business and privacy groups, was dead after it failed a second test vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday evening.

The FBI agent who first brought the case of David Petraeus' affair to the bureau has been identified as Frederick Humphries, CBS News reported Wednesday night.

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Home Depot reported third-quarter net income Tuesday that beat Wall Street's expectations, sending its stock 3.6 percent higher for the day, up $2.21 to close at $63.37 per shar

FBI agents searched the Charlotte, N.C., house of David Petraeus’ ex-paramour Paula Broadwell Monday night, signaling a new twist in the extramarital affair that toppled the CIA boss.

Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows division, is leaving the company immediately, weeks after the release of Windows 8, which he led, the company said.

An attacker in an Afghan army uniform killed a member of the International Security Assistance Force in southern Afghanistan Sunday.

Florida's Democratic Party claimed victory for President Barack Obama in the state Thursday night.