Iraq’s second parliamentary election since the 2003 invasion has been hit by multiple attacks, with at least 35 people being killed.

US President Barack Obama warns of more health insurance premium hikes to come without up or down vote as he receives no “straight answer” from health insurance CEOs.

The European Commission is planning [...]

Financial stress may be coming down hard on entrepreneurs and small business owners across America.

Newsweek discusses Iraq’s effort at setting up a democracy.

British insurer Prudential PLC said Monday it will buy the Asian unit of American International Group Inc. in a deal worth $35.5 billion that will allow AIG to pay back some of the [...]

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says that country will deliver a “punch” that will stun the world powers on February 11, Iran’s 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that brought the current government into power.

Tony Blair admits that Israel played a significant role in the decision to go to war in Iraq [...]

Ninety people are feared dead after an Ethiopian airliner bound for Addis Ababa crashed into the Mediterranean in heavy storms yesterday. The aircraft, which took off from Beirut in a thunderstorm at 2.30am and lost contact with the control tower soon afterwards, was seen crashing into the sea in a ball of fire about [...]

As foreign language courses are dwindling in schools across the US, the Chinese government is sending teachers from China to schools all over the world — and paying part of their salaries, to promote the language.

Haiti and the Dominican Republic’s icy relations continue as Haitian officials rejected an offer of 800 troops from the [...]

Taliban militants wearing explosive vests launched a brazen daylight assault on the center of Kabul, with suicide bombings and gunbattles near the presidential palace and other government buildings that paralyzed the city for hours.

With Haiti in ruins and the needy closer to home bearing the brunt of a sour economy, the transformation of [...]

A Chinese company is undertaking the largest foreign investment project in war-torn Afghanistan.

British hostage Peter Moore has been freed after being held captive in Iraq since May 2007, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced Wednesday.

Russia is considering a project to launch a spaceship to try to divert a large asteroid from hitting Earth after [...]