Crude prices continued to surge on Wednesday, rallying on the news that U.S. inventories fell more than expected and Chevron confirmed a fire at its Nigerian oil facility. Light, sweet crude for July delivery jumped 1.32 doll...
Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange kept unchanged on Wednesday, giving up early morning's gains as the dollar recovered quickly. Silver and platinum both finished higher. Gold price...
Properties in several areas in Southern California are selling for less than they did 20 years ago, and that's not including inflation, according to figures published on Wednesday. The median price in the six-county area was...
Voter turnout is being described as "heavy" across much of Lebanon as citizens turn out to vote for a new parliament. Local television stations are reporting few incidents of violence in a country marred by a history of sectarian conflict. Voters l...
Europeans voted in the last day of European Union parliamentary elections Sunday, with conservative and far-right parties expected to score over the left. Conservatives are expected to control the largest number of seats after election that saw...
Israel could be responding to American pressure to advance the Middle East peace process. But Palestinians are skeptical. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet, that he will lay out his plan for Middle East peace in a major polic...
The global air industry and Asia's carriers, in particular, will see industry losses increase sharply this year because of the global recession this according to according to the latest report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA)....
Top Pakistani and U.S. officials have repeatedly declared there is a major change in the public mood against Taliban militants in Pakistan. In what could be the latest evidence of that sentiment, hundreds of armed Pakistani tribesman are attacking Ta...
