Turkey: politicians resign in sex video scandal
2011-05-21 21:38:02
Six senior politicians in a Turkish opposition party resigned on Saturday amid a sex video scandal that could have far-reaching consequences in elections on June 12.
No agreement yet on new IMF chief
2011-05-23 07:56:11
EU nations gave overwhelming support to French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde to head the IMF.
Libya's intelligence agency bombed
2011-05-20 09:32:28
The building of Libya's External Security agency in Tripoli was bombed early Friday in an apparent NATO airstrike.
Gitmo prisoner who died was mentally ill
2011-05-20 09:31:08
A Guantanamo Bay prisoner who died in an apparent suicide had twice before tried to kill himself at the US base in Cuba.
US backs European candidate for IMF
2011-05-20 09:20:50
The United States balked Thursday at immediately backing a European to lead the International Monetary Fund.
Family finds $45,000 in new home, then returns it
2011-05-20 09:09:47
When Josh Ferrin closed on his family's first home, he never thought he'd make the discovery of a lifetime - then give it back.
Obama, in Arab outreach, shifts on Mideast peace
2011-05-20 07:26:29
US President Barack Obama on Thursday backed a key Palestinian demand on the borders of a future state with Israel as part of his vision for a Middle East peace deal.
Obama says Gadhafi's departure inevitable
2011-05-20 07:23:05
Obama said on Thursday it was inevitable Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi would have to leave power and only then could a democratic transition in the North African state proceed.
1 dies in 6-magnitude quake in Turkey
2011-05-20 06:46:41
One person died of heart attack due to panic of an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale in western Turkey Thursday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
Syria condemns US sanctions on Assad
2011-05-19 22:27:54
A Syrian official on Thursday denounced the sanctions slapped by the US administration on President Bashar al-Assad, Syrian state TV reported.
Twin bombs kill 27 at police station in Iraq
2011-05-19 21:03:35
Twin bombs that lured policemen out of their fortified headquarters in a northern Iraqi city killed 27 people on Thursday, most of them police officers.
IMF chief resigns, debate on successor heats up
2011-05-19 19:14:26
Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund, saying he needs to devote all his energy to fight charges that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid. 
IMF statement on resignation
IMF leadership 'should reflect emerging markets'