Greece's new conservative-led government won parliamentary approval in the early hours of Monday, but faced the much tougher task of convincing European partners and the IMF to give it more time to meet the
Euro zone finance chiefs will try to flesh out plans to reinforce the single currency on Monday but their talks in Brussels may do little more than highlight the limitations of last
Greece will sell four Airbus A340-300 passenger jets that belonged to former state carrier Olympic Airways which is now privatised, as part of divestments to pay down public debt, the finance ministry
At least 45 people died and thousands of houses were flooded after torrential rains, storms and landslides hit Russia's Krasnodar region near the Black Sea, a local police spokesman told Reuters on
Syrian artillery hit villages in northern Lebanon on Saturday killing two women and a man and wounding scores more after opposition rebels crossed the border into Lebanon, residents said. Residents of the
Formula One championship leader Fernando Alonso lapped fastest for Ferrari in a dry final practice session for the British Grand Prix on Saturday. After Friday's rain triggered traffic gridlock, the conditions provided
Police investigating a potential terrorist attack said they had arrested a seventh person, a 22-year-old woman, in east London on Saturday. Police are on high alert ahead of the London Olympics but
A technical glitch automatically shut one unit at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear plant but did not pose a risk of nuclear contamination, the plant said on Saturday. Kozloduy said the temporary closure of
Greece will meet targets set by international lenders, but needs more time and wants to renegotiate policies that make its fiscal situation worse by preventing a return to economic growth, Prime Minister
Euro zone officials are cautioning against expecting any quick action from the currency bloc's finance ministers when they meet on Monday to sort out the tangle of loose ends and disagreements left
