(Reuters) – With international sanctions squeezingIran, the Islamic Republic is seeking to expand its banking foothold in the Caucasus nation of Armenia to make up for difficulties in countries it used to rely on...
BEIRUT/ALEPPO (Reuters) – Syria’s government and rebels have “chosen the path of war”, a U.N. peacekeeping chief said as the world body ended its doomed monitoring mission to Damascus and deadlock persists among world powers over how to contain...
(Reuters) – The White House is “dusting off old plans” for a potential release of oil reserves to dampen prices and prevent high energy costs from undermining sanctions against Iran, a source with knowledge of...
During talks with the US State Department, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov “stressed the importance of maintaining the UN presence in Syria”, the ministry said in a statement. “It was stressed that the...
Pressure on the banking sector over the Libor-rigging scandal was ramped up after it emerged that seven banks, including the Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC, have been issued with subpoenas in the US....
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – A man residing in Dublin, Ireland, was indicted on Wednesday for sending more than 40 emailed bomb threats to the University of Pittsburgh, which prompted the school to evacuate parts of its campus more than...
Greece has disappointed its creditors yet again. Now its government plans to ask for more time — and needs billions more in aid. But Greece’s euro-zone partners are unwilling to provide any more help,...
Buildings and cars were torched overnight as youths and police clashed in the northern French city of Amiens, say officials and police. Sixteen police officers were injured in the clashes with up to 100...
Long after they were ordered out of the country, thousands of criminal aliens from places like China, Cuba, Vietnam and Pakistan remain free in the United States to commit new crimes because their home...
MADRID — Spanish police have arrested five left-wing union activists for their alleged role in a “Robin Hood”-style looting of a supermarket made to highlight the plight of people suffering through the country’s recession,...
