Hackers breached the Twitter account of fast-food chain Burger King, posting the online equivalent of graffiti and sometimes making little sense. Burger King Worldwide Inc suspended its Twitter account about an hour
Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan has won a new five-year term, the Central Electoral Commission said on Tuesday. Police said after polls closed on Monday that they had received 70 reports of voting
Jerry Buss, who parlayed a $1,000 real estate investment into ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers, winning 10 National Basketball Association championships and making the team one of the most glamorous in
President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi has said that it is important that an adjustment program with Cyprus be agreed, after the presidential elections on the island, the second
Nestle, the world's biggest food company, has removed beef pasta meals from sale in Italy and Spain after finding traces of horse DNA. The discovery of horsemeat in products labelled as beef
Armenia's presidential election was an improvement on recent elections in the former Soviet republic but was not genuinely competitive, international observers said on Tuesday. Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization
Two years after a pro-democracy uprising, Egypt resembles a rickety bus rolling towards a cliff, its passengers too busy feuding over blame to wrench the steering wheel to safety. Foreign exchange reserves
Philippine and Australian shares scaled new heights on Tuesday but other Asian shares were mixed, with worries about the risk of an inconclusive outcome in Italy's election and about U.S. budget talks
– Conservative Anastasiades short of outright majority – Run-off against Communist-backed Malas on Feb. 24 – Kingmaker Lillikas suspicious of terms for any bailout – Financial crash could reignite euro zone crisis –
A new virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and has killed five people is well adapted to infecting humans but could potentially be treated with drugs that boost the
