Asia Pacific finance ministers pledged to work towards reining in large imbalances to safeguard growth at an APEC meeting on Saturday, amid tension over US monetary policy and its economic proposals.

Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Saturday and said Spanish troops were not there to stay.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Malaysia Airlines on Saturday cancelled flights to Jakarta because of the violent eruption of Indonesia's most active volcano.

A painting by celebrated master Edgar Degas has been found at a New York auction nearly 40 years after being stolen from a French museum, France’s culture ministry said.

Baghdad, Nov. 3: At least 64 people were killed and 360 wounded from a series of attacks that targeted mostly Shiite neighbourhoods throughout the Iraqi capital overnight.

A series of car bombings, s

Melbourne, Nov. 3: Stand-in captain Michael Clarke said on Wednesday that Australia’s inability to kill off opposing teams was becoming a serious issue.

Clarke was left nonplussed after Sri Lanka, on

Paris, Nov. 3: Tottenham Hotspur, Benfica and Valencia relaunched their respective bids for a place in the lucrative last 16 of the Champions League with resounding wins in the fourth round of group g

Paris, Nov. 3: Bigspending Manchester City may have designs on dining with Europe’s elite in next season’s Champions League — but recent league form means they may yet have to sample another year of t

Paris, Nov. 3: Tottenham Hotspur, Benfica and Valencia relaunched their respective bids for a place in the lucrative last 16 of the Champions League with resounding wins in the fourth round of group g

Neanderthals may be lampooned as slack-jawed low-brows who could just about wield a heavy club on a good day, but in one important respect they outperformed us: in the number of sex partners.