Africa/International

Anti-government activists in Libya have been using social networking sites to rally support for protests on what they are describing as a "day of anger". There were reports of clashes in two cities late on Wednesday, with two people…

A new directive to protect patients from fake medicines has been approved by the European Parliament. It paves the way for new safeguards including extra safety features on drug packaging and new measures for internet pharmacies. An…

U.S. bank regulators are finalizing punishments against mortgage servicers after a probe found "critical deficiencies" with the industry's foreclosure processes. John Walsh, the acting head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency,…

The visiting 13-member delegation from the Chinese Peoples’ Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), on Tuesday, paid a courtesy call on the Central Regional Minister, Mrs. Ama Benyiwa-Doe at her residency. The delegation is in the…

The French government, through the French Development Agency (AFD), on Tuesday said a new format has been developed for developmental support for Ghana to revamp the economy. The support, under the new format, would be channelled through…

BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's biggest mining company, said Wednesday it plans to return $10 billion to its shareholders after soaring iron ore and copper prices helped its first-half net profit jump 71.5 percent. The Melbourne-based…

Japan and India have signed a free-trade agreement that will see tariffs on 94% of goods scrapped within a decade. It will focus on the textile, drug, auto and services sectors, and comes as trade between the two is sliding. Bilateral…

High-earning migrant workers from outside the EU will be excluded from the Government's immigration cap, Home Office minister Damian Green has said. Bankers, lawyers and anyone else earning more than £150,000 will be allowed in over and…

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei breezing past its 10-month closing high of the day before as the yen weakened, boosting exporters. Oil prices rose to near $85 a barrel after a report showed U.S. crude…

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned governments from China to Syria on Tuesday that blocking the Internet ultimately would backfire, damaging their economies and creating pent-up demands that would boil over in demonstrations…