RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has offered to resign because of an increasingly bitter dispute with President Mahmoud Abbas over the extent of his authority, officials said Thursday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) - World powers fearful of scuttling negotiations are offering Iran new, though meager, sanctions relief if Tehran curbs its nuclear program. But they warned Monday that it's unlikely that any compromise will be reached so... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - A Hong Kong-based firm that attempted to sell embargoed Hewlett-Packard computer equipment to Iran's largest mobile-phone operator has much closer ties to China's Huawei Technologies than was previously known, corporate r... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A major Iranian partner of Huawei Technologies offered to sell at least 1.3 million euros worth of embargoed Hewlett-Packard computer equipment to Iran's largest mobile-phone operator in late 2010, documents show. China's Huawei... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - An Iranian partner of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, a Chinese company that has denied breaking U.S. sanctions, last year tried to sell embargoed American antenna equipment to an Iranian firm, according to documents and interviews. Th... [Full Article]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Alec Baldwin said on Thursday he offered to take a salary cut to keep NBC comedy "30 Rock" on the air. As the Emmy-winning show starts its 7th and final season on Thursday, Baldwin, who plays the debonair ficti... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A minister in western New York offered John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, a job and a place to stay following his possible release from prison, Chapman told the New York parole board earlier this month. Chapman, 57, i... [Full Article]
Authorities in southern China have moved to quash a bizarre piranha threat, offering bounties and free bait amid fears the aggressive South American fish has invaded a river, state media said on Thursday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Diplomats from six world powers offered Iran new proposals Wednesday to ease international concerns about its nuclear program, but appeared to reject Tehran's appeals to ease economic sanctions to help move along talks. (Source: Associated Press... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Senior British politicians and royals might consider making foreign visits in converted air force refuelling jets after a row over the use of a rented Boeing for a trade mission to tout European-made Airbus planes. Britain's aerospac... [Full Article]