Nigeria's parliament has begun a detailed debate of the latest version of long-delayed reforms to Africa's biggest energy industry, just two months ahead of elections, the head of the state oil company said on Wednesday.
Governments around the world scrambled on Wednesday to send planes and ships to evacuate their citizens from turmoil in Libya, whose leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to crush a revolt against his 41-year rule.
Muammar Gaddafi's attempts to crush a revolt against his four-decade rule have killed as many as 1,000 people and split Libya, Italy's Foreign Minister said on Wednesday.
The Bahraini authorities – facing a massive anti-government movement – have released at least fifty political prisoners, including 23 Shia activists who had been detained on suspicions of plotting a coup plot.
In the muggy forest of central Liberia, a gang of workers is inching its way along a railway track, cut long and straight through an otherwise impenetrable mesh of trees and vines. The drone of insects is interrupted by a high-pitched drill and the clang of hammers as workers put the finishing touches to the perfectly aligned steel tracks.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker warned of thousands of layoffs ahead if Democrats which fled to Illinois don't return to vote on a bill which cuts some collective bargaining rights for state workers.
US “austerity is really foolish,” said famed economist and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz in his office at Columbia University, in an interview with IBTimes.
Tens of thousands of foreign nationals are fleeing Libya as the unrest against Moammar Gaddafi shows no signs of letting up.
The vice around Moammar Gaddafi’s neck is twisting ever tighter.
In an obvious attempt to prevent the kind of anti-government rebellion sweeping across the Middle East, the king of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz, has proposed increased benefits for his subjects, state television reported.
The top Senator in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday said he would introduce a one-month federal budget extension to avoid a government shut down by a March 4 deadline.
The Persian Gulf kingdom of Qatar has expressed some interest in investing in two major partially-nationalized British banks, Royal Bank of Scotland (NYSE: RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE: LYG).
House Republicans, hoping to avoid a government shutdown, will pass a short-term budget extension that will make some cuts, a move which contrasts with a House Democrat proposal to keep the budget at its same levels for the short-run.
Violence has broken out in Greece as a nationwide general strike against the government’s austerity programs and budget cuts has led to clashes between stone-throwing protesters and police firing tear-gas.
Confusion regarding Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi's name whether it is spelled Qadaffi, Gathafi or Kaddafi remains. Is he a despot, tyrant or an astute politician - these titles are subject to interpretation. But his army of female virgin bodyguards offers a clue.
Westboro Baptist Church fires back at Anonymous, saying the group tried and failed to attack their websites.
The former White House Chief of Staff elected to the post of mayor in Chicago has inherited a fair share of thorns with the crown, as the city struggles under severe financial crisis and a host of other issues.
South Africa's Afripalm Resources signed a memorandum of understanding with Steel Authority of India to build a steel mill in South Africa, the Business Day reported on Wednesday.
State-run Oil & Natural Gas Corp may file the draft prospectus for its share sale this week, its chairman A.K. Hazarika said on Wednesday.
After the Tunisian and Egypt revolution, it is Libya in the news this time. A state of unrest and chaos prevailed in the North African state of Libya as protests grew against its government and head of state, Muammar al-Gaddafi.
Russia's membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) will be in focus as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets European Union leaders on Thursday, but business leaders and trade officials from the U.S., EU and the WTO think Russia's entry is going to be difficult, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
A senior Libyan official who left the Gaddafi camp has said the embattled leader will either commit suicide or will get killed and that the people's revolution is days, if not hours, away from victory.
VOANews.com was hacked by a pro-Iran cyber activist group that changed the domain name settings of the site, leading visitors to a different site controlled by the group.
Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel will be the next mayor of Chicago, winning more than 50 percent of the vote on Tuesday to avoid a run-off.
Gaddafi's numerous utterances on Tuesday betrayed borderline mania all serious dictatorships are imbued with.
An ex-aide to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has revealed e-mail messages from his former employer which he says show Palin closely tracking public opinion, expressing disgust with some broadcasters and explaining why she chose to grant interviews only to Fox news.
Two visitors to Stewart Island, New Zealand, found 107 pilot whales stranded at a remote beach, reported the Department of Conservation. These whales were euthanized.
Buju Banton, the Grammy-winning Jamaican-born reggae artist, has just been found guilty of cocaine conspiracy charges.
Indiana Democrats are imitating their Wisconsin peers and have reportedly refused to show up for a vote. Members of the state of Indiana's House of Representatives are headed to neighboring Illinois to avoid a vote anti-union legislation, according to a report.
The CEO of AIM Truancy Solutions, the company which makes GPS devices to track misbehaving students, defends his company against the notion that it is Big Brother.
