France and Britain have agreed to step up military pressure on Muammar Gaddafi's regime after world powers meeting in Doha promised Libyan rebels cash and the means to defend themselves. Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, and David Cameron, the British prime minister, agreed on a heightened military pressure against Gaddafi during a working dinner in Paris on Wednesday, according to a source in the French presidency. Their meeting came just ahead of a NATO foreign...
IVORY Coast's main city remains "dangerous" with looting and killings despite the detention of strongman Laurent Gbagbo and a major humanitarian operation is needed for the population, UN officials said overnight. The UN humanitarian chief told the UN Security Council that $US300...
'We will all need to make sacrifices,' President Obama says in detailing his 2012 budget package, which includes tax reform, cuts in domestic and defense spending, entitlement savings and a promise to preserve Medicare and Medicaid....
BRUSSELS — Seeking to spur growth in the single market introduced nearly two decades ago, the European Commission proposed a dozen measures Wednesday to dismantle barriers still obstructing the free flow of people, goods and services in the European Union. In announcing the proposals, all of...
Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's foreign minister, has been told he faces criminal corruption charges and may be indicted. Israel's attorney-general informed Lieberman on the impending charges on Wednesday, according to a report on Israel's Channel Two television. An earlier statement from Israel's...
SANAA, Yemen — Gunmen attacked forces loyal to the Yemeni president's chief rival Wednesday, killing one person and raising fears that Yemen's weeks of popular unrest could evolve into pitched battles between factions of the divided military. State media on Wednesday described the attack...
DOHA, Qatar-Libya's rebels urged the U.S. military Wednesday to reassert a stronger role in the NATO-led air campaign and Qatar's crown prince told international envoys it was time to help the uprising tip the scales against Moammar Gadhafi's regime. The appeals reflected the urgent tone for...
The consumer products giants Unilever and Procter & Gamble were fined 315.2 million euros ($456 million) on Wednesday by European regulators for fixing the price on laundry detergent in eight countries. Add to Portfolio Unilever N.V Procter & Gamble Co Go to your Portfolio » A third company...
