IBT Staff Reporter

Israeli troops fired at Palestinian demonstrators in Syria who rushed to the border fence on Sunday in what Israel called a challenge to its sovereignty. Syrian state-run media said 18 were killed.

The International Monetary Fund agreed to a $3 billion financing deal with Egypt on Sunday and praised the policies of an interim government struggling to stabilize the economy after the popular uprising.

Gulf Arab OPEC members led by Saudi Arabia will push for an increase in supplies at a meeting of the oil cartel this week in an effort to support flagging world economic growth by bringing crude prices back below $100 a barrel.

More than 1,600 people showed up to celebrate a German teenager's 16th birthday party after she inadvertently invited the public to attend on Facebook, Hamburg police said Sunday.

Nintendo's U.S.-based servers were attacked several weeks ago but no consumer data was stolen, the company said on Sunday.

Iraqi authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the head of one of the nation's biggest banks, which is under investigation for alleged irregularities, a government source and the bank's lawyer said on Sunday.

This hot rivalry between tennis greats might be unmatched in any other sport. Here's a look at how the rivalry got started, and three of the best matches it has produced.

Israel's Mirs Communications has chosen Nokia Siemens Networks to supply the infrastructure for its new mobile phone network in a deal valued at 200 million shekels ($59 million) over three years.

More bad days may be in store for stocks in coming weeks, but investors are not pressing the panic button. Not yet.

Vancouver Canucks forward Alex Burrows scored the winning goal in overtime to give his team a 2-0 series lead over the Boston Bruins, all in 11 seconds. The speedy forward skated past the Bruins defense off of the first faceoff, then circled behind the net for the wraparound goal in the 3-2 victory. The goal was the second quickest overtime goal in Stanley Cup Finals history. The quickest was scored in 9 seconds by Montreal's Brian Skrudland in 1986.

A leak within iTunes suggests that automatic download and updates are scheduled for the upcoming iOS 5 according to a message announcement on the iTunes update page. The news come amidst the handful of rumors and expectations that is surrounding next week's WWDC presentation by CEO Steve Jobs on Apple's iOS 5 , Lion, and iCloud. Users have been suggesting that over the air updating is coming to iOS but the iTunes message is a close sign to confirming the new service.

With inked deals with the top four major music record labels and the launch of its anticipated iCloud service, Google and Amazon's cloud music services will be keeping Apple in close observation. Along with Apple's announcement of iOS5 and Lion, the platforms are lined up nicely to support iCloud in its quest to overpower the competition via photos, music, and video streaming.

Global airlines attacked the European Union on Sunday over its plan to force them into the bloc's emissions trading scheme, as the EU vowed to stand firm against threats of retaliation.

Alexandre Burrows scored two goals--the second in overtime--to defeat the Boston Bruins and give the Vancouver Canucks the win in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

Google’s effort to make mobile payment secured by using near field communications (NFC) technology from smartphones, is not so successful, said security experts.

The Bank of Greece, the country's central bank, plans to ask banks to boost their capital adequacy ratio to ease market fears over the impact of a haircut on Greek government bonds they hold, a Greek newspaper said on Sunday.

Wealthy Asian buyers are used to jostling for seats at fashion house Prada's catwalk shows, but investors may baulk at the price of its upcoming $2 billion initial public share offering in Hong Kong.

Court Philippe Chatrier will be filled to the brim as Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer clash for the 25th time in the final of the French Open at Roland Garros.

Court Philippe Chatrier will be filled to the brim as Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer clash for the 25th time in the final of the French Open at Roland Garros.

Microsoft sent the media an invitation to a roll-out event for Office 365, scheduled on June 28 at Skylight Soho, the same studio that hosted Microsoft's Windows 7 launch in 2009.

Court Philippe Chatrier will be filled to the brim as Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer clash for the 25th time in the final of the French Open at Roland Garros.

A former client advisor for Spanish customers at Swiss bank UBS is facing criminal charges after allegedly cheating wealthy clients out of around 20 million Swiss francs ($23.99 million), a Swiss newspaper said on Sunday.

A group of pranksters posted a Windows logo onto the facade of a future Apple Store in Hamburg, Germany on Saturday, after the U.S stock market resulted in Apple’s market value exceeded the combined value of Microsoft and Intel.

You may have used solar-powered peripherals, that plug into your laptop to enhance its battery power, but a system which can solely run on solar energy is newly designed by Andrea Ponti

Apple had kept the market in mystery by not revealing the details of ‘ the upcoming cloud service offering’, since the announcement of unveiling Lion, iOS 5, iCloud in the press release.

China's defense minister sought to reassure Asia Pacific neighbors on Sunday that his country's growing economic and military power was not a threat, as long-running maritime disputes in the region flare up again.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde will likely become the next head of the International Monetary Fund , with backing of the United States and Japan, the Nikkei financial daily reported on Sunday, citing unidentified global financial industry sources in Washington.

A big fire destroyed country singer Trace Adkins’ Nashville-area home Saturday afternoon - no one was injured in the incident except his neighbor who tried to save his family dog but got bitten.

Reality television star Kim Kardashian is very upset over rumors about her pregnancy.