Economy & Business
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 ...Passenger plane crashes in Iran, at least 38 dead
An Iranian passenger plane crashed Sunday moments after takeoff from Tehran, killing at least 38 on board and narrowly avoiding many more ...Russia bans all U.S. food, EU fruit and vegetables in sanctions response; NATO fears invasion
Russia will ban all imports of food from the United States and all fruit and vegetables from Europe, the state news agency ...Overpass in World Cup host city collapses
An unfinished overpass collapsed in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte on Thursday, killing at least one person and ...EU signs trade pact with Ukraine, threatens sanctions on Russia
Ukraine\'s President Petro Poroshenko signed a landmark trade and economic agreement with the European Union in Brussels Friday, and said he would ...Gas pipeline blast kills 16 in southern India
A massive explosion on a state-owned gas pipeline running through the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has killed at least 16 ...Ukraine faces gas cut as talks with Russia fail
Russia has cut off gas supplies to Ukraine after a payment deadline passed and negotiators failed to reach a deal with Russia ...Militants seize Saddam Hussein’s home town of Tikrit
Militant Islamists seized more territory in northern Iraq on Wednesday, moving south toward Baghdad as government forces scrambled to regroup after losing ...Chile rejects huge hydroelectric project in Patagonia
A government commission rejected an $8 billion proposal to dam Patagonian rivers to meet growing energy demands, handing a victory to environmentalists ...G7 warns Russia of sanctions over Ukraine
Leaders of the G7 industrial nations meeting in Brussels say they are prepared to impose further sanctions on Russia over its actions ...