A Financial Commissioner has been appointed and will assume his duties on July 1 to deal with complaints against financial institutions, the Board of the Financial Ombudsman announced on Tuesday. The Board
Cyprus does not seek to renegotiate the terms of a €10 billion bailout agreed with its international lenders but to re-adjust some aspects of the programme, President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades
China's top state newspaper praised fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden on Tuesday for "tearing off Washington's sanctimonious mask" and rejected accusations that it had facilitated his departure from Hong Kong.
* Succession will not change foreign, domestic policy * Qatar's emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani said on Tuesday he was transferring power to his son, Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim, taking the
A Milan court sentenced former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Monday to seven years in jail and banned him from public office after finding him guilty of paying for sex with
* Wants to dispose of Russia, Ukraine assets; To surprise with Q1 2014 results * New bank will be smaller; Focus on core business; Russia experiment failed ANALYSIS It was a briefing
Russia defied White House pressure on Monday to expel former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden to the United States before he flees Moscow on the next stop of his globe-crossing escape
Lebanese soldiers fought Sunni Islamist gunmen in the southern city of Sidon for a second day on Monday in one of the deadliest outbreaks of violence fuelled by sectarian rifts over the
The European Union is on the verge of scrapping a new round of membership talks with Turkey, a move that would further undermine Ankara's already slim hopes of joining the bloc anytime
FIFA has not discussed the possibility of cancelling the Confederations Cup, which has been overshadowed by protests sweeping Brazil, soccer's governing body said on Friday. "To date, neither FIFA nor the local
