BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's challenger in September's election is trying to avoid a political speed bump. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - The Syrian regime on Tuesday dispatched an obscure proxy, a Damascus-based Palestinian militant group, to threaten retaliation for two Israeli airstrikes over the weekend. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Nine new Egyptian ministers joined President Mohammed Morsi's Cabinet on Tuesday, including two members of his Muslim Brotherhood, in a reshuffle that officials said was aimed at addressing the country's financial woes and secu... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Monetary policy cannot do all the work of stimulating economic recovery, Bank of England head Mervyn King said on Tuesday. "There are limits on the ability of monetary policy to stimulate demand," King told a conferen... [Full Article]
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Chancellor George Osborne tried to limit political fallout from the biggest overhaul of Britain's welfare state in decades on Tuesday, saying the country could no longer afford a system he said was "broke... [Full Article]
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Anxious Cypriots patiently waited in long lines to get at their accounts on Thursday after banks opened for the first time in nearly two weeks, following an international bailout to save the country's financial system. (So... [Full Article]
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Banks in Cyprus reopened for the first time in nearly two weeks Thursday, with strict controls to stop people from taking out all their savings and plunging the country's financial system into chaos. (Source: Associated Pr... [Full Article]
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cypriots get their first chance to access their savings in almost two weeks when the country's banks reopen Thursday - albeit with strict restrictions on transactions - after being closed due to the country's acute fi... [Full Article]
By Olesya Dmitracova LONDON (Reuters) - Chancellor George Osborne has limited options for pulling the economy out of its rut when he presents his fourth annual budget on March 20. Faced with the risk of a third British recession since the 2008 financ... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday on worries over the debate brewing in Washington over raising the U.S. borrowing limit, while Apple's stock extended its fall on concerns of weaker demand for its products. Economic data offset so... [Full Article]