Egypt's radical opposition group Muslim Brotherhood confirmed on Tuesday it will support the former IAEA director and opposition point man Mohammed ElBaradei in forming a national unity government.
The United States has urged Iran to stop executions, expressing deep anguish over the disregard for human rights of citizens in the country.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's tottering regime is bracing for the toughest challenge yet as thousands of protesters demanding his ouster barreled towards main city centers on Tuesday as part of the planned March of a Million.
As the Egyptian protest enters its ninth day in Cairo the organizers have announced an indefinite general strike and called for a march of a million in the Egyptian capital on Tuesday. There is a mounting pressure on the president Hosni Mubark to relinquish the post and pave way for new leadership.
As the Egyptian protest enters its ninth day in Cairo, the organizers have announced an indefinite general strike and called for a march of a million in the Egyptian capital on Tuesday.
The Chinese government will spend around 30 billion yuan over the next five years on new airport projects in the restless far western region of Xinjiang, state media reported on Monday.
Florida federal judge Roger Vinson ruled on Monday that the health care bill President Obama passed last year, in conjunction with the Democrat-controlled Congress, is unconstitutional.
The unrest rolling across in the Middle East will likely not spare Morocco, said a relative of King Mohammed VI in an interview published Monday.
Egypt is becoming a test case for the Internet going dark, with only one of its main service providers operating. But the lack of communications isn't stopping the protests.
Swirling turmoil in Egypt will likely spread to other regions of the world and may impart a negative effect on economic growth and contribute to higher consumer prices, according to Nouriel Roubini, chairman of Roubini Global Economics.
Airplane maker Boeing (NYSE: BA) received billions of dollars in questionable subsidies from the U.S. government according to a study by The World Trade Organization (WTO) which was presented on Monday to officials of the U.S. and the European Union (EU).
A coalition of groups on Monday has called for a march of 1 million protesters in Cairo on Tuesday. It is unclear what the groups' agenda will be, although many of the protesters in the streets over the last several days have been calling for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
Eleven banks have already failed so far this year, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC).
Twenty-five people have been arrested for trespassing during a protest demonstration outside of a retreat where the secretive billionaire Koch brothers held an assembly for conservative elected officials, political donors and strategists.
An elected parliament convened in Myanmar on Monday for the first time in half a century but inspired scant enthusiasm among a sceptical public convinced it is just a smokescreen for continued military rule.
Neiba scrapes out a meagre income selling soil-caked clumps of wild garlic she picks in the forests of Russia's poorest province -- an occupation a growing Islamic insurgency has made increasingly hazardous.
Unidentified people torched the Sri Lankan office of a British-based website that regularly criticises the Sri Lankan government, and President Mahinda Rajapaksa immediately ordered an investigation into the arson.
Angry protesters in Bangladesh clashed with police on Monday over a government plan to acquire their land for a new airport, killing one policeman and injuring dozens.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela is recovering well from a respiratory infection that led to his hospitalisation last week but doctors are worried there may be too many people trying to visit him.
South Sudan almost unanimously voted to declare independence from the north in a referendum, officials said on Sunday, sparking mass celebrations in the southern capital Juba.
Morocco will have to raise fuel subsidies to a record $5 billion this year from $3 billion in 2010 if oil prices remain in the $100 per barrel range, a senior energy ministry official said on Monday during a visit to London.
Kenya's inflation rate rose to 5.42 percent year on year in January from 4.51 percent in December on higher food prices, rents and school tuition costs, a source at the statistics office said on Monday.
A sharp debate rages among top U.S. lawmakers on ways to create new jobs and deal with rising federal government deficits, with limited cuts on one side and bigger cuts on the other.
Kenya's biggest sugar miller, Mumias Sugar Company on Monday forecast it could earn 2 billion shillings from a new ethanol distillation plant once it is in production next year.
Shares in Rwandan brewer Bralirwa jumped 62 percent on their market debut as the country's stock exchange opened for business on Monday.
South Africa's trade account recorded a 10.3 billion rand surplus in December compared with an 8.4 billion rand surplus in November, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) said on Monday.
China's central bank, more hawkish on inflation than other parts of the government, has gained more policy-making power in recent months by outmaneuvering pro-growth factions in wrangling over the economic outlook and bank loans.
China will permit designated banks to trade yuan/foreign currency swaps on behalf of their clients from March 1, the country's foreign exchange regulator said.
European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday to freeze the assets of Tunisia's former President Zine-al Abidine Ben Ali and his wife, an EU official said.
China Construction Bank (CCB) (601939.SS) (0939.HK) has won approval to buy a combined 51 percent stake in Pacific Antai Life Insurance, the official Financial News reported on Monday.
