Dazed survivors of a super typhoon that swept through the central Philippines killing an estimated 10,000 people begged for help and scavenged for food, water and medicine on Monday, threatening to overwhelm
An unidentified attacker shot dead an Iranian deputy minister of industry in Tehran on Sunday, the state news agency IRNA reported, in what appeared the first reported killing of a senior central
The French foreign minister said on Monday he was hopeful a deal could be reached with Iran over its nuclear programme, although Tehran still had to make an effort on a few
Asian shares fell to a four-week low on Monday as a surprise surge in U.S. jobs growth heightened worries the Federal Reserve will start reducing stimulus as soon as next month —
Greece's conservative-led coalition defeated, as expected, an opposition-sponsored motion to topple the government just after midnight on Sunday, but lost one deputy who was expelled after backing the opposition. A total 153
Cyprus and Lebanon have agreed to start negotiations for a production-sharing agreement concerning their adjoining offshore hydrocarbon resources. Cyprus Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said he and his Lebanese counterpart Gebran Bassil “agreed
Applications pending for redundancy payment in September soared by 60.36% year on year to 16,308, according to the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, compared to 16,204 in August and 10,793 in
Twitter Inc shares jumped 73% in a frenzied trading debut that drove the seven-year-old company's market value to around $25 bln and evoked the heady days of the dot-com bubble. The strong
Officials representing the Troika of international lenders that are monitoring cutbacks and reforms to reduce the runaway fiscal deficit in Cyprus, said that the programme is on track, but the biggest challenges
Greek telecoms giant OTE plans to cut 1,100 jobs at its domestic fixed-line business, in the former state monopoly's latest move to reduce legacy costs. The job losses, which represent about 13%
