Seeking a middle ground between calls for tough military action and none at all, President Barack Obama said Thursday he was sending up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to help the embattled government hold off a lightning advance...
Five Islamist fighters identified as Australian and British nationals have called on Muslims to join the war in Syria in a new video released by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
The online footage, titled "There is...
Fighting raged for a second successive day in the east of Ukraine on Friday, a day after clashes in which Ukrainian government forces said about 300 separatists were killed.
The casualty figures for the pro-Russian separatists could not be independently...
Oil traded at close to nine-month highs on Friday, on course for a second week of gains, as violence in Iraq raised worries over supplies. Stock markets remained upbeat.
Buoyed by the billions of dollars the U.S. Federal Reserve is...
Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries added a billion euros to their offer for Alstom's energy business on Friday, hoping to see off a revamped bid by General Electric ahead of Monday's deadline for a decision on the struggling company's...
Buyout firms TPG Capital and Carlyle Group are targeting a $2.4 billion initial public offering of shares in Australia's Healthscope Ltd as their most-favored option for the country's second-biggest private hospitals operator, a source with direct knowledge of plans...
A North Carolina judge ruled on Thursday that a Justice Department lawsuit against Bank of America Corp could move forward, allowing the complainant 30 days to file its amended petition.
The Department of Justice's lawsuit accuses Bank of America of...
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20, (THEWILL) – The Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon Leo Ogor; Chief Security Adviser to the Delta State governor, Rear Admiral John Kpokpogri (rtd); as well as a cleric, Archbishop Christian A.O....
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20, (THEWILL) – The fight against illegal oil bunkering and pipeline vandalism would continue to suffer a setback in the country with inadequate patrol gunboats and other equipment being used by the Nigerian Navy Ship, THEWILL...
Judging from the daily outpouring of commentary, opinions and reports, you would think that there were two African continents. One of them is the new land of opportunity, with seven of the world's 10 fastest growing economies, offering limitless...