By Nick Tattersall and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he reserved the right to resort to both diplomatic and military options to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but insisted that U.S. action a... [Full Article]
By Joseph Menn and Mark Hosenball SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration may seek to end a long-running debate over Internet wiretaps with proposed legislation that would enable law-enforcement agencies to tap into many types o... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - The Syrian regime on Tuesday dispatched an obscure proxy, a Damascus-based Palestinian militant group, to threaten retaliation for two Israeli airstrikes over the weekend. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is refusing to drop the option of a proxy fight to force Dell Inc to pay a big dividend, in spite of the board committee's request that he drop his threats and launch a formal bid for the company, the ... [Full Article]
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered a historic national apology in Parliament on Thursday to the thousands of unwed mothers who were forced by government policies to give up their babies for adoption over seve... [Full Article]
By Olesya Dmitracova LONDON (Reuters) - Chancellor George Osborne has limited options for pulling the economy out of its rut when he presents his fourth annual budget on March 20. Faced with the risk of a third British recession since the 2008 financ... [Full Article]
YACOUBIYEH, Syria (AP) - During the battle over this hilltop village in northern Syria, many of its residents fled, leaving behind empty homes, damaged churches and a large statue of the Virgin Mary in the deserted town square - all relics of its Chr... [Full Article]
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam and the United States are close to an agreement allowing Americans to adopt Vietnamese children again, five years after a ban was imposed amid allegations of baby-selling and babies offered without parents' consent,... [Full Article]
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) - Tunisia's prime minister says his initiative to solve the country's political crisis with a new Cabinet of technocrats has failed. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Securities regulators filed suit on Friday against unknown traders in the options of ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co, alleging they traded on inside information before the company announced a deal to be acquired for $23 billion by Warren Buff... [Full Article]