Jean-Claude Juncker, head of eurozone finance ministers, on Saturday cautioned that the debt crisis of Greece and other countries in the region could hit Italy and Belgium.
Israeli protests against the hike in cottage cheese price is gaining momentum on Facebook as more than 1,500 people are signing up every hour calling for a boycott of the product.
Architectural monuments in Libya listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as world heritage sites are facing the danger of destruction following revolts in Libya to overthrow the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.
He’s spent the week debating the legality of the United States participation in Libya, and meeting with top officials to alter the United States’ role in Afghanistan, but in his latest speech, President Barack Obama focused on what he called his most important role: fatherhood.
The U.N Security Council has split the U.N. sanctions list for Taliban and al-Qaeda to induce Taliban to join the peace talks in Afghanistan.
A Lance Corporal Marine Corps reservist was taken into custody on Friday after it was established that he was the person dubiously spotted near the Pentagon and had parked his car in the bushes nearby.
South Korean marine Corps troops fired at a passenger jet, mistaking it as communist North's jet fighters. No damage has been reported.
President Obama's twitter account has 8.6 million followers and counting. But it has been his White House staff that has been tweeting on his behalf. But today, Obama's twitter followers were greeted by a tweet that notified the public that from now on, his tweets will be signed -BO. Welcome to a new @BarackObama. From now on, #Obama2012 staff will manage this account; tweets from the President will be signed-BO, Obama's tweet read.
A US-based toy company is offering two versions of the doll of New York congressman who resigned on Thursday, after he was caught in a humiliating flap for sending lewd photos of himself to women online.
Technology giant Google has launched a new tool that helps you manage search results for your name.
The Chilean volcano ash plume has returned to Chile forcing Chilean officials to cancel domestic flights for the first time.
Within hours of Representative Anthony Weiner's disgraceful resignation from Congress that ended the long sexting scandal, Porn magnet Larry Flynt offered him a lucrative internet job with his internationally known porn publishing company.
United Airlines may be fined nearly $600,000 after the company's drug testing process for flight crews failed to give them an equal chance of being selected for random drug and alcohol testing, the Federal Aviation Administration alleged Friday.
How much will US taxpayers pay for the 'retirement' of Representative Anthony Weiner, who decided to resign from the Congress in the wake of a damaging online sex scandal? The amount he will get in retirement is close to one million dollars, according to reports.
New York City's rent control law was temporarily extended tonight after Governor Andrew Cuomo called a special session ordering lawmakers to vote on the bill.
The United States has formally dropped criminal charges against for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who was killed in a U.S. military raid in Pakistan last month, BBC News reported.
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty took to his Twitter account, and later in an interview on Fox News, to fix the score on what many considered a missed opportunity to go after fellow presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, during the Republican primary debate earlier this week.
The United Nations passed a resolution today condemning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, marking the first time the organization has explicitly recognized that form of repression.
US media on the Saudi women's movement to revoke a long-standing Saudi law, banning women from driving should be careful about conflating culture with religion.
It was a kiss that ricocheted around the world, becoming an instant Internet sensation. And despite the speculation that the photo was staged, the snoggers have been identified and the moment proved real.
A 'Global Revolution' may come to your city this weekend as citizens of every nation are asked to 'Take to the Square' on Sunday, June 19.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos of Long Island said this afternoon there will be no action on a same sex marriage bill today.
His unemployment status may be only a day old, but that hasn't stopped former congressman Anthony Weiner from getting job offers.
Shortly before announcing his resignation from office, Weiner received an offer straight from Hollywood. Washington might not condone sex scandal, but Hollywood certainly does.
If there ever was a failed US policy, war on drugs is it. Today, June 17, 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of this failure.
White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer defended the Obama administration's record today to a gathering of progressive bloggers that charged the president has reneged on his campaign promises.
A fist-flying brawl among courthouse observers who line up all night in hopes of scoring one of the 58 seats reserved for members of the public in the Casey Anthony murder trial has prompted Orange County Courthouse to change their rules for those seeking admission, ABC News reported.
The prospects for New York becoming the sixth state to legalize gay marriage remain uncertain as the Senate's Republican majority continues to vacillate on whether to call a vote before the session ends on Sunday.
Thousands of corrupt Chinese government officials have stolen more than $120-billion from the mid-1990s to 2008, according to a report from China’s central bank.
The king of Morocco is preparing to introduce a series of constitutional reforms likely in a bid to prevent the kind of massive unrest witnessed across the Arab world and North Africa.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its growth forecasts for the US for the next two years from 2.7 percent to 2.5 percent in 2011 and from 2.9 percent to 2.7 percent in 2012, besides highlighting renewed weakness in the housing market as a risk.
