The Algerian hostage crisis mastermind is killed, Romney laments not being president, and more in our roundup of stories that are making news and driving opinion (Source: The Week)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.3 percent, while Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 futures were broadly flat at 0956 GMT. Overnight equity market performance has be... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England is more likely than not to fire up its dormant printing presses and inject another wave of cash into the economy before the year is out, a Reuters poll found. According to the snap poll of 50 economists, taken a... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican raised the possibility Saturday that the conclave to elect the next pope might start sooner than March 15, the earliest date possible under current rules that require a 15-20 day waiting period after the papacy becomes... [Full Article]
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - Thousands of anti-government marchers jammed a major highway Friday as clashes broke out for a second day between security forces and protesters marking the anniversary of their uprising in the strategic Gulf nation. (Source: A... [Full Article]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Dozens of Afghan activists have marked Valentine's Day by marching in Kabul to denounce violence against women. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will resign Feb. 28, the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of March. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - Beyonce calls the making of her upcoming HBO documentary "Life is But a Dream" a therapeutic process. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Thousands of Egyptians marched across the country on Friday to denounce the rule of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and his fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood, in a show of defiance to hardline Muslim clerics who issued religious edicts... [Full Article]
TORONTO (AP) - A modern BlackBerry with a physical keyboard might not arrive in the U.S. until May or June, a month or two behind other parts of the world, the chief executive of the smartphone maker suggested in an interview. (Source: Associated Pre... [Full Article]