ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) - President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders attempted to speak with one voice Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement - yet couldn't publicly agree on whethe... [Full Article]
By Mark Felsenthal, Hamid Shalizi and Dylan Welch WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - The United States will meet the Taliban this week for talks aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan, where the United States and the insurgents have fought a bloody and co... [Full Article]
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) - Hunting for a glimmer of common ground, the leaders of major economic powers are declaring themselves dedicated to a political solution to Syria's bloody civil war, even as President Barack Obama and Russian ... [Full Article]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Just weeks after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election victory in 2005, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani stepped down from the post after quarrelsome meetings with the new president. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Reform-minded Iranians who have faced years of crackdowns looked Friday to claw back a bit of ground in a presidential election that gave them an unexpected hero and a chance to upend a vote that once appeared solidly in the hands... [Full Article]
ROME (AP) - Economic and labor ministers from France, Germany, Italy and Spain are meeting in Rome to find a way to reduce record youth unemployment. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Philip Blenkinsop and Ethan Bilby LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - EU states sought to reassure France on Friday that its culture would be shielded from the might of Hollywood and Silicon Valley, urging Paris not to block a free-trade deal with the United S... [Full Article]
LUXEMBOURG (AP) - France enters a key meeting of European Union trade ministers bent on keeping its cultural life out of forthcoming trans-Atlantic free trade talks, a move that could delay the formal start of discussions next week. (Source: Associat... [Full Article]
By Claire Davenport BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's chief justice official has written to the U.S. attorney general demanding an explanation for the collection of foreign nationals' data through its Prism spy program. In a letter ... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Private equity firm Carlyle Group is preparing to launch a U.S. real estate fund and hopes to raise as much as $4 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. If successful, the fund would be... [Full Article]