TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock market finished lower on Monday, pressured by materials and energy stocks hit by softer commodity prices. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was down 41.26 points, or 0.33 percen... [Full Article]
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has started allowing long-banned building materials into the Gaza Strip, its first key concession to the territory's Hamas rulers under a cease-fire that ended eight days of intense fighting last month, the military said ... [Full Article]
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) - Thousands of tons of building materials such as cement and steel began crossing into the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Egyptian and Palestinian officials said, temporarily easing a five year old blockade on the coastal territory. (So... [Full Article]
NEW DELHI (AP) - The victim of a gang-rape in New Delhi fought for her life at a Singapore hospital Friday as officials in the Indian state of Punjab fired and suspended police officers accused of ignoring the rape of another woman, who then committe... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's interior minister, wounded in a Damascus bombing, headed home on a private jet Wednesday after treatment in Beirut, airport officials said, despite calls from some Lebanese to put him on trial for Syrian actions in their co... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanese security officials say Syria's interior minister suffered a serious back injury in a bombing of his ministry last week and is being treated in Lebanon. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The "fiscal cliff" impasse is raising the odds that Congress will fail to meet a year-end deadline to avert steep tax hikes and budget cuts that could push the nation into another recession. With talks between Preside... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO - Nickel-eating bacteria may have worsened the world's worst mass die-off by producing huge amounts of methane, a new study suggests. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - More austerity looks certain when Chancellor George Osborne presents a half-yearly budget statement on Wednesday, even if he tries to juggle some spending around to ease the pain. A darker economic outlook means Osborne is likely t... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - At least Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine have fewer things to worry about now they have announced they are expecting their first child. A day after breaking the news, the couple popularly known as "Wills a... [Full Article]