WASHINGTON – Nobody knows exactly when America would default on its bills if Congress fails to raise a cap on government borrowing….
ROME – At least 94 people have died after a boat carrying African migrants sank off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa,…
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has postponed two stops on his four-nation Asian tour because of the government shutdown. The White House…
WASHINGTON – Financial markets have been hit by the prospect of a US government shutdown and a crisis for Italy’s government. Italy’s…
ISLAMABAD – A powerful earthquake has killed at least 238 people in Pakistan’s remote south-west province of Balochistan. The 7.7-magnitude quake struck…
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party has won Germany’s election, but finished just short of an absolute majority, official results show.Mrs…
DAMASCUS – The chief UN weapons inspector says it will be difficult to find and destroy all of Syria’s chemical weapons, but…
CANBERRA – Australia’s Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott has unveiled his new cabinet, calling it a highly experienced line-up. The appointments broadly followed…
MOSCOW – Russians and Americans have been duking it out in the Twitter world over who’s scoring more points in high-stakes diplomatic…
WASHINGTON – Russia’s plan to dismantle Syria’s chemical arsenal is “doable but difficult”, according to US officials. The Russian and US foreign…
