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 [...]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) began to make the case for using a majority-vote process to move the final piece of health care reform through the Senate and he slammed the procedure’s GOP critics. Known as budget reconciliation, the maneuver requires 51 votes and can’t be filibustered. In related news, Senate Minority Leader [...]

US Marines leading one of NATO’s biggest offensives against the Taliban in the eight-year war are facing fierce resistance in some areas, including heavy gunfire, snipers and booby traps, US officials said.

Greece’s Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou wants other eurozone nations to release a detailed plan of how they will bail-out the Greek nation, [...]

With much of his legislative agenda stalled in Congress, US President Barack Obama and his team are preparing an array of actions using his executive power to advance energy, environmental, fiscal and other domestic policy priorities.

In the age of growing Chinese influence, Thailand becomes another nation that won’t stamp the Dalai Lama’s passport, [...]

Western diplomats are circulating a discussion paper proposing further UN sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, with measures that include expanding travel bans and asset freezes on people connected with the nuclear industry. In related news, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said Iran is ready to send its enriched uranium abroad for further [...]

Russia tested its fifth-generation Sukhoi fighter jet in the Russian Far East on Friday.

China has failed, despite billions of dollars in aid, to win over Tibetan loyalty. And now Beijing is finally realizing just how badly it mishandled things.

Endorsing vaccines as the world’s most cost-effective public health measure, Bill and Melinda Gates said Friday that [...]