Turkey's foreign minister will vow military action in northern Iraq unless Iraqi and U.S. forces crack down on separatist Kurdish guerrillas.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 23, 2007
Oil fell nearly $2 to below $87 a barrel on Monday as financial markets tumbled on growing concerns over the health of the U.S. economy, triggering a correction from recent record highs.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 22, 2007
Turkey said on Monday it will exhaust diplomatic channels before launching any military strike into northern Iraq to root out Kurdish rebels, who killed at least a dozen Turkish soldiers in fighting over the weekend.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 22, 2007
A change in Iran's top nuclear negotiator indicates President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and those who oppose any compromise in an atomic standoff with the West are winning the policy argument in the Islamic Republic.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 22, 2007
Oil prices fell on Monday, extending the previous session's decline on profit taking from record highs, but clung to $88 on violence between Turkish soldiers and Kurdish guerrillas and a record-low dollar.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 22, 2007
After more than a decade on the air, Comedy Central's The Daily Show With Jon Stewart has its own online home.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 18, 2007
Oil resumed its upward march on Thursday, its sights set on a new record high above $89 that would deepen economic worries in the United States and unease among some OPEC producers.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 18, 2007
Gold rebounded on Thursday as bargain hunters returned to the market amid worries about possible military action by Turkey in northern Iraq, high oil prices as well as a weak dollar.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 18, 2007
Oil eased towards $87 on Thursday after Nigeria's energy minister raised the possibility OPEC may review output, reflecting its unease with record prices the United States says are of great concern to its economy.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 18, 2007
Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the U.S.-led war in Iraq on Thursday, saying that experience showed the need for resource-rich countries like Russia to build up their armed forces to defend themselves.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 18, 2007
Turkey's parliament resoundingly approved a motion on Wednesday allowing troops to cross into northern Iraq to hunt down Kurdish rebels there, but its Western allies and Baghdad urged Ankara to refrain from military action.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 18, 2007
Oil prices touched a new peak of $89 a barrel on Wednesday as investors fretted over possible military action by Turkey in northern Iraq and a potential supply crunch this winter.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 17, 2007
Technology stocks rose on Wednesday as investors took heart from solid corporate earnings and shrugged off fresh evidence of a dismal housing sector, which renewed speculation the Fed will cut interest rates.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 17, 2007
Having angered Queen Elizabeth and the public, Britain's BBC is set to shed staff with sweeping job cuts this week in the biggest crisis to hit the world-renowned broadcaster since a government clash over Iraq.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 17, 2007
Turkey's parliament was poised on Wednesday to grant its army permission to enter northern Iraq to crush Kurdish separatist rebels based there, but Iraqi leaders stepped up a diplomatic offensive to avert any attack.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 17, 2007
Oil prices dipped on Wednesday as traders took profits from the previous session's rally to a new record high above $88 a barrel.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 17, 2007
Iraq urged Turkey on Tuesday not to launch a major attack on Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara would strike the rebels when the timing and conditions were right.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 16, 2007
Poor corporate earnings and renewed worries about credit rattled investors on Tuesday, while record high oil prices threatened to add pressure to world growth.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 16, 2007
Oil thundered towards $88 a barrel on Tuesday, hitting a new record and extending a rally that has added eight dollars in as many days on tight supplies, strong demand and tension in northern Iraq.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 16, 2007
Oil jumped nearly 3 percent to a record over $86 a barrel on Monday as fresh tensions in the Middle East added to worries of a supply crunch when cold weather stokes up heating demand this winter. Oil prices have more than quadrupled since 2002 but remain below the inflation adjusted peak of around $90 a barrel struck after the Iranian revolution of 1979.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 15, 2007
World stocks hovered slightly off their record highs on Monday and the dollar firmed as investors gained confidence in the health of the U.S. economy and paid little heed to oil prices near $84 a barrel.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 15, 2007
Oil zoomed to a new record high above $85 a barrel on Monday as a robust demand picture amid booming commodity markets and fresh geopolitical worries put tight oil supplies into sharp focus.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 15, 2007
