Africa/International

Taking low doses of aspirin can reduce the risk of many kinds of cancer, scientists said on Tuesday, and the evidence is strong enough to suggest people over 40 should take it daily as protection. The findings will fuel an already intense…

David Cameron has said British troops could start coming home from Afghanistan as early as next year. The prime minister was speaking as he visited the country to assess for himself the situation on the ground. He said progress against…

The World Bank and African Development Bank on Sunday expressed "great concern and frustration" with the disputed election result in Ivory Coast and said they would review their lending programs to the West African nation. "In line with…

Abandoning his perch above the International Monetary Fund to plunge back into French politics is a delicate decision for Dominique Strauss-Kahn as his institution battles a eurozone financial crisis. Will he leave or won't he? The…

London Mayor Boris Johnson has revoked FIFA's free hotel rooms at the city's exclusive Dorchester hotel during the 2012 Olympic Games. FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his team had been in line to benefit from the rooms during the…

South Korea's top trade official defended a hard-fought compromise with the United States to salvage a stalled free trade agreement, rejecting accusations that his government gave up too much to seal the deal. Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon…

The Indian government is talking to companies using Research in Motion's's BlackBerry to gain access to their employees' secure communications when it is deemed necessary, an official told the Wall Street Journal. Home Secretary G.K.…

Britain and Brazil will seek to break the deadlock over the future of the Kyoto Protocol for combating global warming that has overshadowed U.N. talks to try to work out a modest climate deal in Mexico. Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia…

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg unveiled changes to member profile pages on Sunday and said the movie "The Social Network" got "hugely basic" things wrong about the origins of the site. Zuckerberg, in an interview with the CBS show "60…

The lawyer searching the globe to recover money for defrauded investors of convicted swindler Bernard Madoff sued HSBC for $9 billion on Sunday, accusing the bank of enabling the largest financial fraud in history. Court-appointed…