Despite an extended revolution against his regime leading up to a bloodbath, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad seems to be relaxed and apparently in a joking mood about bringing in political reforms to his country.The trove of emails leaked from the personal accounts of Assad and his British-born wife shows that the President had taken advice from Iran on countering the uprising with violent crackdown, and that his family remains insulated from revolution which many fear may soon turn into a civi...
Amrutha Gayathri
Mar 15, 2012
India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present the budget to the Parliament on March 16 at a time when there has been a considerable worsening in the government's finances.
Bhaskar Prasad
Mar 15, 2012
Forty percent of Americans say the slaughter of 16 Afghan civilians by a U.S. soldier had weakened their support for the war, a poll showed Wednesday.
Eric Linton
Mar 14, 2012
Greece's cabinet unanimously approved the terms of its international bailout on Wednesday, hours after euro zone countries formally approved the 130 billion euro ($169 billion) financial package that Athens needs to stay afloat.
IBT Staff Reporter
Mar 14, 2012
Speaking live on Chinese state television, Wen warned the country must change its leadership structure or risk a return to the dark days of the Cultural Revolution.
Oliver Tree
Mar 14, 2012
The two leaders are expected to hold talks on a wide range of issues including the withdrawal of U.S. and UK forces from Afghanistan and the ongoing crisis in Syria.
Oliver Tree
Mar 14, 2012
In the two years since the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, groups outside candidates' own campaigns have spent $90 million trying to affect the outcome of November's presidential election, the Center for Responsive Politics says. That's more than twice the $38 million spent by this point in the 2008 campaign.
Ashley Portero
Mar 14, 2012
Credit agency lifts Greece out of default territory with B-rating on optimism that debt swap and reforms will ease economy problems.
Geetha Pillai
Mar 14, 2012
The U.S. Senate Tuesday rejected a bipartisan proposal to provide tax incentives for natural gas vehicles, a plan seen by some as paving the way for reduced dependence on foreign oil but panned by conservative groups as an unnecessary subsidy.
Eric Linton
Mar 13, 2012
Hoping that governmental reform can end a year of violence, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that new, multi-party parliamentary elections will be held on May 7.
Daniel Tovrov
Mar 13, 2012
South Africa's Impala Platinum said on Wednesday that the Zimbabwean government would have to find the money to buy the 31 percent stake it wanted in its local unit Zimplats or the stake would not be transferred.
Mike Obel
Mar 13, 2012
The European Commission doesn't believe the Greek austerity measures currently adopted are enough. For 2013 and 2014, it is demanding additional cuts equivalent to 5.5 percent of the GDP, according to a report obtained by Reuters.
Hao Li
Mar 13, 2012
Mississippi Republican race is a close battle with top three presidential contestants in statistical dead heat, according to the recent polls. GOP voters will choose their presidential candidate Tuesday. The state has 37 plus 3 delegates to offer in the primary.
Sreeja VN
Mar 13, 2012
Greece will have to slash a further 5.5 percent of GDP in government spending in 2013 and 2014 to meet agreed fiscal targets underpinning the second international bailout for Athens, a European Commission report said.
Joseph Lazzaro
Mar 13, 2012
Alabama Republican voters will elect their presidential nominee on Tuesday, March 13. The state has 47 delegates to offer who are non-bound by the primary results.
Sreeja VN
Mar 13, 2012
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement, or Pasok, will vote Sunday on a replacement for party leader George Papandreou, the former prime minister. Venizelos is the only candidate.
Daniel Tovrov
Mar 12, 2012
The BNP’s Islamist ally, Jamaat-e-Islami, also participated and demanded that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina quit.
Palash Ghosh
Mar 12, 2012
Nicolas Sarkozy said during a rally on Sunday that France should pull out of the Schengen zone in an effort to stop illegal immigrants from entering the country.
Daniel Tovrov
Mar 12, 2012
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos will run unopposed for the leadership of the Socialists, party officials said Sunday, as the political focus shifts towards a parliamentary election now that Athens has secured a bond swap deal.
Eric Linton
Mar 11, 2012
What has happened to the Grand Old Party? Why does it appear to be so fractured and unable to deliver the kind of first-class national candidate that it used to?
Palash Ghosh
Mar 10, 2012
Rick Santorum is the winner of the Republican caucus in Kansas.
Sara Dover
Mar 10, 2012
French presidential candidate Francois Hollande is visiting Warsaw, Poland as part of a whirlwind political tour ahead of next month's elections, but Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has refused to meet the Socialist party leader.
Daniel Tovrov
Mar 09, 2012
