Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou efforts to impose more austerity measures on his already-beleaguered nation struck a roadblock when key government figures said they would not back any further spending cuts or tax hikes.
Protests have erupted in Spain in response to the country’s devastatingly poor economy, high unemployment and the government’s draconian austerity measures that affect mostly the middle class.
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad suffered a heart attack and underwent an operation in Texas on Monday.
Tim Pawlenty, the former Minnesota Governor (2003-2011), made his official candidacy-for-president announcement on Sunday May 22, 2011.
The Gold Price in Euros shot to a new all-time high of €34,746 per kilogram (€1080 per ounce) - 1% above Friday's close. The Euro price to Buy Gold has risen 16% since this time last year.
Spain's ruling Socialist party has suffered an overwhelming defeat in the local elections on Sunday.
Six prominent opposition lawmakers in Turkey have resigned in connection with a sex scandal, just ahead of national elections next month.
Spaniards continue to protest against unemployment for the seventh day across the country defying a ban on demonstrations before the elections.
Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah called for an early presidential elections, without mention anything about the GCC, Gulf Cooperation Council deal which had promised to end his three-decade rule.
Protesters in Madrid have camped out in the central square for the fourth consecutive night.
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) of Egypt on Wednesday submitted the legal papers to the party affairs committee for approval of a new political party Freedom and Justice.
IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned from the post of managing director's position as Strauss-Kahn is accused of attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment.
As Dominique Strauss-Kahn languishes on suicide watch in New York's Rikers Island prison following the alleged sexual assault at a Manhattan hotel, a fresh set of mugshots emerges to the world media.
After the talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan ahead of a full week of intense negotiation, Obama has guaranteed that he will call for a two-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict.
The International Monetary Fund chief accused of sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel maid is on suicide watch in his Rikers Island cell.
Owners in Ariel West, 32-story glass tower on the Upper West Side, voted to ban all smoking anywhere in the building
Francois Fillon, the French prime minister, has warned that if the sexual assault charges against Strauss-Kahn are true, there can be no excuse for his actions and that he cannot be pardoned.
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a man accustomed to luxury hotel suites and first-class plane travel, will make his home for now at New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s sex scandal has captured the world’s attention and shocked his supporters back in France.
A judge in New York City had denied bail to IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is in court facing charges of sexually assaulting a hotel chambermaid in Times Square on Saturday evening.
The arrest of International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on rape charges in New York over the weekend has not only rocked French politics, but has also raised the suspicion that he might have been set up.
Urging the Angolan government to withdraw cybercrime bill before parliament, Human Rights Watch said it would undercut both freedom of expression and information, and pose a severe threat to independent media in the country.