SANDNES, Norway (AP) - Chess world champion Viswanathan Anand of India halved a point with the Norwegian world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen to draw in Thursday's second round of the Norway Chess Tournament. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Shares of MTN rose more than 3 percent on Thursday after Turkcell withdrew a $4.2 billion lawsuit against the South African mobile operator in a dispute over a massive mobile phone contract in Iran. T... [Full Article]
By Maria Golovnina UTAMYSH, Dagestan, Russia (Reuters) - A mess of rubble, ash and charred vehicles is all that's left at the desolate farmhouse where a Canadian Muslim convert died fighting his last battle alongside Islamist insurgents in the R... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkish telecom company Turkcell dropped its multibillion-dollar U.S. lawsuit against rival African mobile phone group MTN Group, citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that hurt its case. Turkey's largest cell phone op... [Full Article]
By Neil Maidment LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said it expects to appoint lead bank advisers for a possible stock market listing of Royal Mail Group by the end of May, as it pushes on with plans to privatise the firm. In what would be one of the most si... [Full Article]
By Maria Golovnina LONDON (Reuters) - Only about 200 people turned up for a "party" in central London on Saturday to celebrate the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as a mass protest predicted by some failed to materi... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - An Egyptian official says the president has ordered withdrawal of complaints against journalists for allegedly reporting rumors. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - While some Britons mourned the passing of Margaret Thatcher, others raised glasses of champagne in impromptu street parties. And Judy Garland's song "Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead" is surging up the UK singles charts. (Sou... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis' diplomatic skills will be put to the test on Tuesday as he hosts political leaders from 130 nations and religious representatives from a variety of faiths who are descending on Rome for his installation Mass, wi... [Full Article]