Eight American vacationers are presumed to have drowned after a sports fishing charter capsized in a storm and sank off Mexico's Baja California peninsula, authorities said on Monday. The 35-meter boat Erik
U.S. President Barack Obama pressed his case on Saturday for achieving deficit reduction, in part by ending tax breaks and singling out hedge fund managers, oil companies and billionaires to take the
Syrian tanks surrounded Hama on Tuesday, residents and activists said, threatening a large-scale assault on the city after the biggest protests against President Bashar al-Assad's rule. Hundreds of youths blocked roads leading
Online game company Zynga Inc filed for an initial public offering hoping to raise up to $1 bln, the latest hot Internet startup to tap investor interest in Internet social media companies.
Members of Cuba's small Twitter community gathered on Friday for the first time to put faces to names in a meeting where political viewpoints were off limits but complaints about the island's
Turkey's soccer establishment was left reeling on Monday by the detention of almost 60 people, including the chairman of champions Fenerbahce, in a major match-fixing investigation. Police launched raids in 15 provinces
U.S. crude steadied on Monday, supported by firmer share markets, while Brent edged lower due mainly to a warning by credit agency S&P of a potential default by Greece. U.S. crude was
Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's cast new uncertainty on Monday over euro zone efforts to rescue debt-crippled Greece by warning it would treat a French bank plan for a rollover of
Syrian troops stormed houses in the city of Hama on Monday as thousands of residents took to the streets shouting "God is greater" in defiance of a government crackdown on recent large
The government should shoulder more of the financial burden of caring for the elderly and Britons should be urged to buy insurance to cover potential costs, a report said on Monday. Like
