Armed men took control of two airports in the Crimea region on Friday in what Ukraine's government described as an invasion and occupation by Russian forces, stoking tension between Moscow and the West.
More than 10 Russian military helicopters also...
Israel urged the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency on Friday to go public with all information it has regarding suspicions that Iran researched how to build an atomic bomb.
The statement followed a Reuters report on Thursday, citing sources familiar with...
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, one of the wealthiest men in Asia, warned on Friday that planned protests to shut down Hong Kong's central business district later this year would damage the Asian financial hub.
Li, who has deep ties...
A Russian court placed opposition leader Alexei Navalny under house arrest for at least two months on Friday and barred him from using the Internet or speaking to the media.
The court said Navalny, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir...
European stocks reversed course and fell on Friday, and the euro rose to its highest level this year after an unchanged reading of euro zone inflation cooled growing expectations the European Central Bank could ease monetary policy as early...
The U.S. government is set to slash its estimate of fourth-quarter growth as exports and restocking by businesses were less robust than previously thought, leaving the economy on a more familiar path of modest expansion.
Gross domestic product growth will...
Mt. Gox, once the world's biggest bitcoin exchange, filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan on Friday, saying it may have lost nearly half a billion dollars worth of the virtual coins due to hacking into its faulty computer system.
The...
Euro zone inflation stabilized in the European Central Bank's "danger zone" in February but did not fall as expected, making it less likely the ECB will loosen monetary policy further at its monthly meeting next week.
European Union statistics office...
…Blames PDP Chairman
BEVERLY HILLS, February 28, (THEWILL) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State Thursday expressed shock over the allegation by the factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State, Mr. Felix Obuah, that...
BEVERLY HILLS, February 28, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday hailed the Nigeria-French partnership, saying France has been a reliable ally of Nigeria.
Speaking at the Nigeria-France Business Roundtable in Abuja, President Jonathan specifically praised the French President Francoise Hollande,...