Economy & Business
Obama unveils U.S. immigration reform, setting up fight with Republicans
President Barack Obama imposed the most sweeping immigration reform in a generation on Thursday, easing the threat of deportation for some 4.7 ...Israel approves 78 new settler homes in East Jerusalem
Israel on Wednesday approved the construction of 78 new homes in two settlements on West Bank land annexed to Jerusalem, likely to ...G20 commits to higher growth, fight climate change; Russia isolated over Ukraine
Leaders from the G20 group of nations agreed on Sunday to boost flagging global growth, tackle climate change and crack ...Global leaders meet for G20 summit in Australia
Russia\'s Cold War-style standoff with the West sent a chill through G20 talks aimed at heating up the world economy ...Britain prepared to walk away from EU: foreign minister
Britain will walk away from negotiations with European Union partners if its pleas for immigration reform are ignored, raising the real possibility ...Obama authorizes 1,500 more US troops for Iraq
President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ...EU migrants benefit to British public finances: study
European immigrants to Britain paid more in taxes than they received in benefits over the last decade, according to research ...Ukraine gas supplies in doubt as Russia seeks EU payment deal
Ukraine\'s efforts to unblock deliveries of Russian gas as winter sets in were deadlocked on Thursday as Moscow\'s negotiators were ...French PM Manuel Valls resigns amid economy row
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls presented his government\'s resignation on Monday, a day after Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg called for new economic ...Renewed Israel, Palestinian truce off to shaky start
Israel and the Palestinians renewed a truce that had largely tempered a five-week-old war, but the deal got off to a shaky ...