JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. entertainer Barbra Streisand on Monday took a swipe at Orthodox Jews in Israel who compel women to sit in the back of buses and assault them for following religious rituals traditionally reserved for men. "It's di... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron will press Britain's overseas tax havens to sign up to an international transparency treaty in London on Saturday, before he meets leaders of G8 economies to push for coordinated global action on t... [Full Article]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Just weeks after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election victory in 2005, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani stepped down from the post after quarrelsome meetings with the new president. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
PARIS (AP) - After two days of air traffic controller strikes, French rail workers walked off the job Thursday to protest a reorganization of the national rail and train companies. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
KARLSRUHE, Germany (AP) - A top European Central Bank official is defending the bank's key financial crisis backstop against a legal challenge in Germany's constitutional court. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
A huge Guardian scoop this evening revealed confirmation of an indiscriminate phone records collection program, encompassing the calls of every Verizon customer on a daily basis - that's millions of Americans' phone data. And unsurprisingly... [Full Article]
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The pace of the euro zone's economic contraction slowed quarter-on-quarter in the first three months of this year, EU statistics showed on Wednesday, but retail sales in April pointed to continued weaknes... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - Police, politicians and activists in Britain are warning of rising anti-Muslim sentiment following the slaughter of an off-duty British soldier in a London street, an apparent act of Islamic extremism that has horrified the nation. (Sou... [Full Article]
By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES (Reuters) - After countless broken bones and smashed teeth, Jackie Chan has given up doing his own stunts and wants more serious roles but the Kung Fu actor says he will never stop being an action star despite earlier plan... [Full Article]