BANGKOK (AP) - Enthusiasm on Wall Street sparked by another positive report on the U.S. economy helped push most Asian stock markets higher Wednesday. But lower-than-expected German economic growth disappointed investors elsewhere. (Source: Associate... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Former energy minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce were released early from prison on Monday, just two months after being jailed for lying to police about a speeding offence. Sentenced in March to eight months behind ba... [Full Article]
With many of the world's ecosystems threatened or endangered by human activities like logging and urbanization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published its criteria for a new "Red List" of endangered ecosyst... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - A church official says two bishops who were abducted by gunmen while traveling in northern Syria have been released. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) - Armed Bedouin tribesmen briefly abducted a Hungarian member of the multinational observer force in Sinai, releasing him around two hours later after tribal elders intervened, a security official said Thursday. (Source: Associat... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - A popular television satirist known as Egypt's Jon Stewart was released on bail Sunday after nearly five hours of interrogation over allegations that he broke the law by insulting Islam and the president. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian prosecutors questioned Egypt's most prominent television satirist on Sunday over allegations he insulted the president and Islam, a case that has increased opposition fears of a crackdown on dissent. Bassem Youssef tur... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian authorities released a prominent Egyptian blogger Tuesday after he refused to cooperate with prosecutors over allegations of instigating violence against the country's most powerful Islamist group in comments posted on soci... [Full Article]
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lindsay Lohan has turned herself in to police in California as a formality, the day after she accepted a plea deal in her misdemeanor car crash case. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]