Pakistan sends 100,000 tonnes of wheat to Iran to pay for the electricity supplied to Pakistan's border areas.
"The wheat is being given to Iran aga...
An Indian inter-ministerial panel may consider the allocation of 17 coal mines to public sector firms.
"An Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) is likely to take a call on applications from the government companies / c...
France expects to receive its first Airbus A400M military transport aircraft, in time for the annual Bastile Day celebrations on July 14.
"Delivery before July 14 would enable a French crew to pilot the French plan...
Belgium restarts two GDF Suez nuclear reactors following the nuclear safety regulator's recommendation.
The reactors were shut in August and September of last year over safety concerns after potential cra...
The European Banking Authority (EBA) conducts an EU-wide stress test following a review of euro area banks' assets.
The test, which has to be conducted before the single European bank supervisor becomes operational...
The US House of Representatives is to vote on TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline after Michigan Rep. Ted Upton tabled the bill.
The Northern Route Approval Act represents a renewed fight on the Republicans' side ag...
A second top official at the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) retires amid the agency's tax scandal.
Joseph H. Grant, the acting commissioner of the tax exempt and government entities division, announced his resig...
British director Peter Greenaway returns home to film an adaptation of Thomas Mann's Death in Venice. It will be the director's first movie made in the UK since 1989.
"There is a surge of film-making activity in England...
Candidates running to succeed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who seek full relations with the US, may be disqualified from the June 14 election as the final list of candidates is announced.
The U.S. has had...
Pope Francis visits Egypt at the invitation of the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, presented to the pontiff by Pope Tawadros II during his visit to Vatican City, the first such visit in 40 years.
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Irish mobile phone providers across the border in the Republic could turn off their signals during the G8 summit to prevent terrorists from using their phones to detonate remote bombs.
Eight world leaders, including Pr...
Iran's leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Thailand just weeks before he is due to stand down from the presidential post.
"He will arrive on Sunday (May 19) in Chiang Mai," said an I...
Karen Handel, the former senior vice president for Public Policy at Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, runs for an open US Senate seat in Georgia.
In May 2013, Handel was he fourth Republican from the sta...
A group led by software magnate Vivek Ranadive is expected to buy 65 percent of the Sacramento Kings.
Kings, owned by the Maloof family, is expected to be sold for around $535 million.
"It's going...
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Zsigmond Perényi, senior adviser of Hungarian prime minster, visits Israel for meetings with foreign ministry officials on the issue of growing antisemitism in Hungary.
Hungarian Ambassador Zoltán Sze...
American multinational internet corporation Yahoo! Inc. teams up with online social networking service Twitter to bring tweets directly into its US homepage newsfeed.
Yahoo will reportedly include "relevant and personali...
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