. By Renee Maltezou As austerity bites and international lenders demand higher taxes and more cuts to salaries and pensions, ordinary Greeks are being worn down by the daily grind of strikes
Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin was ousted on Monday in a bitter and public conflict with President Dmitry Medvedev that has exposed deep cracks in unity over Vladimir Putin's plan to return
Asian shares rebounded and the euro clung to gains on Tuesday on hopes that euro zone officials will act to corral Greece's debt woes and prevent another full-blown banking crisis. Financial stocks
President Barack Obama topped up his re-election war chest with a string of successful West Coast fundraisers that ended on Monday and showed soft poll numbers had not dented his ability to
Bayern Munich's home game with Manchester City is the highlight of the second round of Champions League group matches on Tuesday and victory for the Germans would put them in the box
More than two years after Michael Jackson went into cardiac arrest at his mansion, the doctor who was treating the "Thriller" singer will come before a jury on Tuesday charged with responsibility
Iraq has signed a contract to buy 18 Lockheed Martin F-16 warplanes to bolster its air force, an adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday. The value of the deal
Unknown assailants blew up an Egyptian pipeline in Sinai on Tuesday that supplies Israel and Jordan with gas, security sources and witnesses said. A witness told investigators he saw three men jump
Syrian forces backed by tanks and helicopters stormed a strategic town on Tuesday after fighting with army defectors, in a major operation to subdue pro-democracy protests in the centre of the country,
* Cyprus Stock Exchange listing in October, Pokka Corp to take 7% * Pantelis Constantinou hopes to raise his stake in Pancyprian Bakeries from 28% to a controlling 51% by the end of
