ROME (AP) - With a heavily polarized Parliament unable so far to agree on a new president for Italy, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano yielded Saturday to pleading from political leaders to be a candidate for an unprecedented second term and quick... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - The pope may be infallible to his followers, but not to British Prime Minister David Cameron. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper agreed in a meeting with native leaders on Friday to pay more attention to their demands, trying to mollify an aboriginal protest movement that has threatened to blockade roads and railways ac... [Full Article]
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has landed one of the top prizes of awards season, announcing on Tuesday that it will host the celebrated but elusive "Lincoln" star Daniel Day-Lewis with a tribute a... [Full Article]
Pakistan agreed on Friday to free more Taliban prisoners in the future, a move considered a key step to coaxing the militant group into peace negotiations to end the 11-year-old war in Afghanistan. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster that caused the worst offshore oil spill in the country's history, the company said on Thursday. The... [Full Article]
Pakistan agreed to free a handful of Taliban prisoners at the request of the Afghan government, in a move meant to help jumpstart a shaky peace process with the militant group in neighboring Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday. (Source: Associated ... [Full Article]
BEIRUT/CAIRO (Reuters) - International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said on Wednesday the Syrian government had agreed to a ceasefire in the war with rebels during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. It was also not clear whether the insurgents would comm... [Full Article]
The utility behind Japan's nuclear disaster acknowledged for the first time Friday that it could have avoided the crisis. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Bahrain's foreign minister says the government has agreed to ease its treatment of political activists and demonstrators while accepting the vast majority of the U.N.'s top human rights body recommendations for improving its treatment of pe... [Full Article]