Palash Ghosh

The Maple Group has launched a hostile bid to block the proposed merger between the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange, TMX Group, and the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

“Steve Jobs: Co-Founder of Apple”, published by Bluewater Productions, will track Jobs’ spectacular life and career.

Britain will witness the biggest strikes by public sector workers in decades if the government does not relent on its scheme to reform pension plans, cut jobs and reduce salaries, UK unions have warned.

Hezbollah and its allies have gained a greater representation in Lebanon’s new cabinet, following appointments made by the Prime Minister Najib Mikati.

The new chief executive of bailed out British bank Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE: LYG) is planning to cut another 15,000 jobs, on top of the 28,000 positions the bank has already eliminated since it merged with HBOS in early 2009.

The German government said it supports the Benghazi-based Libyan rebel group, the National Transitional Council, as the legitimate representatives of the Libyan people.

The United States Navy reportedly halted and turned back a North Korean vessel headed for Myanmar (the former Burma) a few weeks ago off the coast of China.

U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton visited Tanzania to honor the victims of the embassy bombings from 1998, a day after the alleged mastermind of those attacks was reportedly killed in Somalia.

Amidst warnings from the United Nations that civilian deaths in Afghanistan are skyrocketing, a Taliban bomb killed sixteen members from one family.

The man who allegedly masterminded the bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa in 1998 has reportedly been killed in Somalia.

Thousands of Syrian refugees are pouring across the border into Turkey, fleeing for their lives in fear of being attacked by the military of Bashar al-Assad.

Leon Panetta has warned Senate members that he is concerned that Libyan rebel forces may include some extremist groups.

Karl Rove, the former political adviser to President George W. Bush, had some unkind words for Anthony Weiner, the New York congressman who is under pressure to resign after sending inappropriate sexual messages to various women over social media networks.

While Syrian pour across the border into Turkey to escape the armies of Assad, the Turks already have their hands full with a crucial national election this weekend. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is expected to score an easy victory.

Pakistani police in Karachi have arrested two paramilitary soldiers for killing an unarmed young man in a case that has generated tremendous outrage because the murder was captured on videotape.

The Syrian army has reportedly deployed its forces and tanks into the northern town of Jisr al-Shughur, where local residents fear they will be massacred in retaliation for what the government claims was the alleged killing of 120 security officers a few days ago.

The former Irish finance minister Brian Lenihan has died from pancreatic cancer.

This week we had two key central bank leaders discuss their views on the risk that the recent rise of inflation is more than simply transitory. And while the mandates that govern these two central banks are different, their views/actions can have significant impact on global currency movements.

A British politician has been arrested over charges of sexual assault.

Christine Lagarde, who has been touring prominent developing nations to solidify her efforts to become the next chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is apparently a shoe-in for the post, according to a rival for the top job.

Leonard Nimoy, who became famous as the Vulcan “Mr. Spock” on the classic US TV series “Star Trek” has urged Israel to adopt a two-state solution in order to resolve its crises with the Palestinians.

Outrage is brewing in Pakistan following the murder of an innocent unarmed young man in Karachi by a paramilitary officer.

According to reports, both French and Moroccan authorities have launched an investigation into allegations that a former French government minister participated in a sexual orgy with underage boys in Morocco.

The Netherlands said it will postpone until next year any decision on allowing Bulgaria and Romania into the Schengen zone (which would allow for passport-free travel between the Schengen states).

Jacques Chirac, the former President of France, has criticized his successor Nicolas Sarkozy in memoirs that covers his term in office, ahead of next year’s presidential election.

Enoch Powell was one of the most fascinating, influential and controversial British politician of the 20th century. Largely unknown to Americans, Powell became a symbol of the anti-immigration movement that swelled during in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s.

Some prominent American universities and pension funds, among other wealthy foreign investors, are allegedly purchasing huge tracts of land in Africa -- acts that may lead to the eviction of thousands of local farmers, according to a study by the Oakland Institute (Oakland Institute), a California-based think tank.

Afghanistan will sink into a financial crisis in 2014, when foreign troops finally withdraw from the war-torn country, warned some top U.S. Democrats who are members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

U.S. drone missile strikes have killed at least twenty people in North Waziristan, the wild tribal region of Pakistan that borders Afghanistan and is reportedly a haven for terrorist groups.