China digs for ways to stymie BHP's Potash Corp bid

6 days 10 hrs 7 mins ago

MELBOURNE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China is stepping up attempts to hamper BHP Billiton's $39 billion h...

Police end hostage drama at Discovery Channel

6 days 13 hrs 4 mins ago

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Police shot and killed a man who took three people hostage, wavi...

Apple TV takes aim at Web-connected living room

6 days 13 hrs 58 mins ago

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of its Web-to-TV device on W...

Judge rules against U.S. government on oil drilling

6 days 18 hrs 36 mins ago

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the U.S. government's request to dismiss a...

Obama's Mideast push clouded by West Bank attack

7 days 5 hrs 27 mins ago

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Barack Obama was poised on Wednesday to launch a new U.S....

Pakistan army cancels U.S. talks over security checks

7 days 6 hrs 43 mins ago

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's army said on Wednesday it scrapped talks with U.S. military officia...

N.Korea seeks stronger ties with China

7 days 7 hrs 39 mins ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea vowed to strengthen military ties with China on Wednesday, days afte...

Mexicans hope drug lord's arrest may turn tide

7 days 12 hrs 29 mins ago

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico paraded one of its most violent drug lords on Tuesday after a police ...

GM roadshow to begin after elections: sources

6 days 12 hrs 10 mins ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Automaker General Motors Co plans to begin courting investors for its initial p...

Stronger Hurricane Earl nears East Coast

6 days 13 hrs 34 mins ago

HATTERAS ISLAND, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl strengthened on Wednesday, churning up da...

Tea Party promises to be a force in November

6 days 18 hrs 19 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With another win in a Senate Republican primary, this time in Alaska, the con...

Obama: Time to turn the page in Iraq

6 days 19 hrs 32 mins ago

WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President Barack Obama declared an end to the seven-year U.S. combat ...

Obama: Time to turn the page in Iraq

7 days 5 hrs 31 mins ago

WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President Barack Obama declared an end to the seven-year U.S. combat ...

Pakistan raids kill 45 militants, family members

7 days 6 hrs 59 mins ago

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani government air raids have killed up to 45 militants, their ...

Alaska Sen Murkowski upset by Tea Party-backed rival

7 days 7 hrs 58 mins ago

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Senator Lisa Murkowski dropped out of the Republican Senate primary in...