By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has urged successor Mark Carney not to bring to Britain his trademark policy of spelling out how long interest rates will remain low. King also said the bank could not be ru... [Full Article]
RAIWIND, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's presumptive prime minister said Monday that he wants good relations with the United States but criticized American drone strikes on militants as a violation of the country's sovereignty - perhaps hinting ... [Full Article]
WEST, Texas (AP) - Country music legend Willie Nelson is sending out his prayers via Twitter after a deadly fertilizer plant explosion rocked West, Texas, a small community north of Waco near where he grew up. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
MOSCOW (AP) - President Barack Obama wants to ease diplomatic tensions with Moscow and had a letter hand delivered to President Vladimir Putin to propose new ways to cooperate, Russian officials said Monday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - In a show of force following weeks of North Korean bluster, the U.S. on Thursday took the unprecedented step of announcing that two of its nuclear-capable B-2 bombers dropped munitions on a South Korean island as part of joi... [Full Article]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The U.S military says two nuclear-capable B-2 bombers have completed a training mission in South Korea amid threats from North Korea that include nuclear strikes on Washington and Seoul. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
JERUSALEM (AP) - Ahead of the arrival of President Barack Obama on a high-profile Mideast mission, Israel's new government on Monday sent mixed messages about pursuing peace with the Palestinians. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has quietly repatriated hundreds of Sudanese migrants in recent months, drawing accusations from the United Nations and rights groups that it has coerced the Africans into potentially life-threatening situations and possibly v... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican went out of its way Tuesday to declare that for Pope Benedict XVI, retirement means just that: Retirement. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - With a few words in Latin, Pope Benedict VXI did Monday what no pope has done in half a millennium, announcing his resignation and sending the already troubled Catholic Church scrambling to replace the leader of its 1 billion foll... [Full Article]