Cyprus urgently needs to contain its public sector wages and freeze all other benefits as it faces a negative growth rate of minus 1% next year, contracting from the flat rate projected
The captain of a stricken container ship wedged on a reef off a New Zealand holiday spot appeared in court on Wednesday as fear grew the vessel may break up spewing more
Australia's government may have to delay plans for the world's toughest anti-tobacco laws after conservative opposition lawmakers on Wednesday postponed a final vote on the controversial legislation in parliament. The new laws,
The U.S. State Department late on Tuesday issued a worldwide travel alert for U.S. ciitizens, warning of of the potential for anti-U.S. action after the United States accused Iran of backing a
Workers at the Greece's biggest refiner Hellenic Petroleum decided late on Tuesday to suspend a strike which has disrupted fuel supplies after receiving government assurances they would be exempt from planned public
Every month college student Zahraa Ali joins the growing number of Iraqi women treating themselves to hair, health and beauty therapies that a few years ago were the stuff of daydreams. As
Nail varnish has become the top-selling fashion accessory, replacing lipstick as an affordable indulgence in austere times and leading to a boom in sales as consumers flock to buy bright-coloured bottles. Industry
BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa were suffering a second day of problems on Tuesday, just hours after Research In Motion Ltd , maker of the devices, said it
– Judge says Tymoshenko exceeded powers in 2009 gas deal – EU has warned jailing ex-premier will damage relations (Updates with sentence, EU statement) A Ukrainian court on Tuesday sentenced former prime
Cyprus, which is in dispute with Turkey over oil and natural gas drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean, said on Tuesday it had high expectations of finding hydrocarbons in an area south
