Spain erupts with new anti-austerity rallies

Spain erupts with new anti-austerity rallies
Spain Approves Austerity Plan as Bond Yields Soar
VIDEO: Dozens held after factory riot in India
Ruling party joins money laundering charges in Mexico vote
Judge sets date for Hariri murder trial
Mali hostage release 'was swap'
Cook ton puts England in control
Scott matches record to lead Open
Analysis: Egyptian leader looks abroad to win influence at home
Police chief: No plans for more Olympics officers
Bronx River Now Flows by Parks
Exclusive: Brazil's Rousseff in talks with Boeing for new jet
Tunisia's Ben Ali sentenced to life in jail
VIDEO: Prices rise before Ramadan in Pakistan
China, Russia veto Syria sanctions
At War Blog: For Iran and the U.S., an Author Sees the Danger of a 'War of Miscalculation'
Saudi Arabia replaces intelligence head with ex-envoy to U.S.
Vienna monument yields Nazi text
Father was 'last to see Shafilea'
No plans for more Olympics officers

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:32 PM PDT

Tens of thousands of public workers, trade unionists and others march in 80 cites to protest latest austerity cutbacks.

Spain Approves Austerity Plan as Bond Yields Soar

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Spanish lawmakers approved tough austerity legislation after the country's borrowing costs neared a new record high and its budget minister warned the government is running out of cash to pay its bills.

VIDEO: Dozens held after factory riot in India

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:12 AM PDT

At least 90 people have been arrested after violent clashes between workers and managers at a Maruti Suzuki factory near the Indian capital, Delhi.

Ruling party joins money laundering charges in Mexico vote

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:08 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's ruling conservatives on Thursday lent their support to accusations that President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto benefited from laundered money in his campaign, piling more pressure on the country's next leader.

Judge sets date for Hariri murder trial

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:13 PM PDT

UN-backed court investigating 2005 assassination of Lebanon's ex-PM Rafik Hariri scheduled to start March 25, 2013.

Mali hostage release 'was swap'

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 12:26 PM PDT

A prisoner exchange enabled Wednesday's release of three European aid workers held hostage in Mali, negotiators reveal.

Cook ton puts England in control

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:52 AM PDT

Alastair Cook's 20th Test hundred helps England dominate the opening day of the series against South Africa.

Scott matches record to lead Open

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Australian Adam Scott equals the course record to take a one-shot lead after the first round at Royal Lytham & St Annes.

Analysis: Egyptian leader looks abroad to win influence at home

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 12:28 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - An early diplomatic offensive by Egypt's new Islamist president makes it harder for an army-led establishment to portray him on the international stage as a threat to foreign powers.

Police chief: No plans for more Olympics officers

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 09:30 AM PDT

London's Metropolitan Police is not planning to boost the number of officers covering the Olympic Games, commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe said Thursday, amid a security fiasco that is forcing the government to call in thousands of troops to make up for a contractor's failure to supply enough guards for the Games.

Bronx River Now Flows by Parks

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 12:18 PM PDT

The yearslong process of cleaning up the Bronx River and the land along its banks continues, with some notable, even miraculous, successes.

Exclusive: Brazil's Rousseff in talks with Boeing for new jet

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 12:15 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is shopping for a new presidential jet and is talking to Boeing about buying one, four sources told Reuters, signaling greater inroads by the U.S. aircraft-maker into one of the world's top emerging markets.

Tunisia's Ben Ali sentenced to life in jail

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:58 AM PDT

Exiled ex-president sentenced in absentia for "complicity" in murders of 43 protesters during country's 2011 uprising.

VIDEO: Prices rise before Ramadan in Pakistan

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:50 AM PDT

As Ramadan approaches, many Pakistanis fear that soaring prices of food as well as power shortages will prevent them celebrating the month in the usual manner.

China, Russia veto Syria sanctions

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:45 AM PDT

Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution Thursday that would have imposed new sanctions on Syria.

At War Blog: For Iran and the U.S., an Author Sees the Danger of a 'War of Miscalculation'

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:12 AM PDT

After two decades studying the dismal history of the relationship between the United States and Iran, author David Crist regards the current escalating tension with particular alarm.

Saudi Arabia replaces intelligence head with ex-envoy to U.S.

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:43 AM PDT

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has replaced intelligence chief Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz with its former ambassador to the United States Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the Saudi Press Agency said on Thursday, citing a royal decree.