Australian airline Qantas Airways Ltd. said Thursday that it will suspend all flights of its Airbus A380 planes. The firm said that the suspension will remain in effect until the outcome of an investigation into an incident where engine failure forced one of its A380 planes to make an emergency landing in Singapore is known.

More parcel bombs may have been sent abroad from Greece, police said on Wednesday as authorities suspended overseas shipments of mail and packages for 48 hours following a wave of attacks on European government targets. Small bombs exploded at the Swiss and Russian embassies in Athens on Tuesday, a package with explosives was intercepted at

The Federal Reserve is expected to announce a controversial new policy on Wednesday to buy billions of dollars in government bonds in an attempt to breathe new life into the struggling U.S. economy. The well-telegraphed decision would be aimed at pushing down borrowing costs for consumers and businesses still smarting from the worst recession since

People in the United States, Britain and India see war and terrorism as the top global challenges while Chinese are more worried about climate change, according to a poll commissioned by King's College London. In an Ipsos MORI survey conducted in eight countries — Australia, Brazil, China, Britain, India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the

Five presumed parcel bombs were neutralised on Tuesday following the detection of four such rigged parcels on Monday in various parts of central Athens along with the arrest of two suspects in connection with the case, minutes after the duo allegedly submitted such a package to a courier firm. On Tuesday, two explosions were recorded

A cargo jet carrying a suspicious envelope made an emergency landing in Bologna late Tuesday evening after Greek authorities received information that the package — reportedly destined for the office of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi — contained explosives. The incident came after roughly 13 parcel and mail bombs were intercepted and neutralised in the

The government spokesman on Tuesday categorically dismissed the possibility of a restructuring of the country's public debt, while adding that such speculation, along with claims of a possibility of extending the repayment period, are only hypothetical. "We are interested in unwaveringly meeting our goals. The more we depart from our goals, the more we depart

Cyprus-Russia relations are based on principles, mutual cultural and historic origins and reciprocity and may be developed even further to the benefit of the two countries and their people, the President of the House of Representatives Marios Garoyan said today. Garoyan was addressing a conference in Nicosia, organized by the Cyprus Center for European and