The Brazilian government has announced trade sanctions against a variety of American goods in retaliation for illegal US subsidies to cotton farmers.

The EU warned the United States against protectionism after a European-led consortium pulled out of the bidding for an Air Force contract, saying the terms had been altered to favor a [...]

US President Barack Obama has criticised insurance firms for denying coverage to some and raising rates for their remaining customers.

Israel ‘risking peace talks’ with West Bank building by authorizing the building of 112 new apartments in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank.

Hundreds of people, including many women and children, were killed [...]

Toyota’s massive recall involving some of the country’s best-selling vehicles may “not totally” resolve the problem of unintended acceleration, the head of Toyota’s US operations told a House panel.

According to a government report, more than 700 banks, or nearly one out of every 11, are at risk of going under.

Switzerland said it [...]

Facebook and Paypal may be entering into a strategic partnership, which will allow facebook users to buy facebook credits with their paypal account.

An “ongoing attempted coup d’état” was taking place Thursday in the Republic of Niger, according to the Niger Embassy in London, England. The African Union has now suspended Niger.

Investment banks will this year [...]

Six suspects in the Mossad assassination of a senior Hamas official in Dubai entered the country using British passports. Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said there is no proof the Mossad spy agency carried out the killing of a Hamas commander in Dubai, but he did not fully deny that Israel carried out [...]

The US Treasury has imposed sanctions against companies connected with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards.

Hundreds of Somali insurgents loyal to Islamist group al-Shabab have poured into Mogadishu with artillery and trucks, witnesses say.

Euro zone countries held intensive talks on a possible rescue for debt-laden Greece while civil servants in Athens [...]

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 [...]