05/06/2012 | World

Al Qaeda No. 2 killed in drone strike, US official says

Abu Yahya al Libi, a Libyan-born top al Qaeda leader, was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan earlier this week, a US official said.

05/06/2012 | World

Global shares rebound on stimulus hopes

US stocks rose, recovering some ground from last week's selloff, as data showing the vast US services sector improved in May outweighed investor angst about the euro zone's fiscal crisis. Meanwhile, European shares rose after a choppy, nervous session.

05/06/2012 | World

Iran hopeful on atomic talks if 'rights' respected

If the world recognises Iran's "nuclear rights," negotiations aimed at easing a standoff with the West later this month could have a positive outcome, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader was quoted as saying.

05/06/2012 | World

Japan Finance Minister: G7 to work together on Spain, Greece

The Group of Seven finance chiefs agreed in a teleconference call to work together to deal with the problems hitting Spain and Greece, Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi said today.

05/06/2012 | World

Queen gives thanks to end rapturous jubilee party

05/06/2012 | World

Spain says markets are shut to it as G7 confers

Spain's Treasury Minister Cristobal Montoro sent out the dramatic distress signal in a radio interview about the impact of his country's banking crisis on government borrowing, saying that at current rates, financial markets were effectively shut to Spain.

05/06/2012 | World

Wisconsin's Walker to survive recall, local media

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will survive a recall election forced by opponents of a law he championed restricting the collective bargaining of unionized government workers, television networks NBC, CNN and CBS projected.

04/06/2012 | World

Bomb hits Shi'ite site in Baghdad, 26 killed

A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-packed car outside a Shi'ite Muslim office in central Baghdad today, killing at least 26 people and wounding more than 190 in an attack bearing the hallmarks of Iraq's al Qaeda affiliate.

04/06/2012 | World

Britain fawns over Queen ahead of palace pop concert

04/06/2012 | World

Fighting at Tripoli airport, gunmen surround planes

Clashes broke out between rival Libyan militias at Tripoli's international airport after angry gunmen drove armed pickup trucks on to the tarmac and surrounded planes, forcing the airport to cancel flights.