Africa/International

A property in the UK is being searched as part of the investigation into the weekend's bombing in Sweden, in which one man died, police have said. A search warrant was executed at a property in Bedfordshire, under the Terrorism Act 2000,…

The Democratic-led Congress moved on Monday toward grudging approval of President Barack Obama's deal with Republicans to extend expiring tax cuts, even for the wealthiest Americans. Backers were expected to muster on Monday the needed…

Credit card offers are surging again after a three-year slowdown, as banks seek to revive a business that brought them huge profits before the financial crisis wrecked the credit scores of so many Americans. The rise is striking because it…

More than 80 artists, academics and politicians including U.S. actor Robert Redford, singer Sting and France's Bernard Kouchner on Monday called for the release of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning. Sakineh Mohammadi…

Australia is at odds with its major security ally the United States over Iran, saying it is not a "rogue state" and its nuclear weapons program is for deterrence, not attack, according to U.S. cables released by WikiLeaks. The documents,…

Protests have taken place across Spain calling for the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who is facing extradition from the UK to Sweden for alleged sexual offences. Hundreds of people gathered outside the British embassy in…

China's leaders pledged to ensure "stable and healthy" economic development in 2011, state media said on Sunday in announcing the conclusion of a top-level annual meeting on the economy. The Central Economic Work Conference, held each year…

Mark Madoff, the elder son of convicted swindler Bernard Madoff, was found hanged in his New York City apartment in an apparent suicide on the second anniversary of his father's arrest, police and his lawyer said on Saturday. Skip related…

Russia told a U.S. diplomat that it had been tracking the suspected killers of a former KGB agent before his murder in London four years ago, but had been warned off by Britain, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks…

Swedish police investigating two blasts that rocked central Stockholm on Saturday night, killing one person and wounding two, said on Sunday they had good leads into what they said were "terror crimes." Before the explosions, the Swedish…