Beirut - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has formally resigned. He handed a letter of resignation to President Shimon Peres. Earlier, he told his Cabinet that he was stepping down. Channel 10 TV broadcast a government picture of Olmert reading

As the federal government steps to the center of the financial crisis, crafting plans to take ownership of hundreds of billions of dollars worth of bad mortgages, two simple questions rise to the fore: Will this intervention be enough to

I want to categorically refute the existence of any informal coalition between the Communists, Party of Regions and BYuT. And I would like to ask the Polish journalists, our friends and political experts to in no way use this black

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko proposes to make a request to UEFA President Michel Platini to extend work of the UEFA expert groups on gearing up and holding of Euro-2012 in Ukraine and Poland. She disclosed this during the second session

The Hong Kong government says its tests have found melamine in Chinese-made Nestle brand milk.

The doomed crew piloting a Learjet that crashed on takeoff, killing four people and injuring two popular musicians, thought a tire blew as they hurtled down the runway, a federal safety official said Sunday.

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni wasted no time Sunday working to put together a new government, meeting with potential coalition partners even as outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert formally resigned. Her ability to move fast in her first task could

Taliban militants based near the Afghan border and their al Qaeda allies are the most likely suspects behind a massive truck bombing at Islamabad's Marriott Hotel, officials and experts said Sunday. At least 53 died in the explosion, including two

Arkansas state police say six children are in temporary custody after a raid on a church compound as part of a child-porn investigation.

Rescuers pulled more bodies from the shell of the truck-bombed Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital Sunday, pushing the death toll from one of the country's worst terrorist strikes to 53, including the Czech ambassador and two Americans.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Sunday that the nation's credit markets remain frozen and Congress must move quickly to pass a $700 billion bailout package for financial firms. But key Democrats said the legislation needs changes to provide better protections

Retro '60s drama "Mad Men" and legal thriller "Damages" are poised totake a shot at making Emmy Awards history Sunday — and wooing new fans— as basic cable's first best-series nominees.

The Ryder Cup is coming back to America. Led by a brash kid from LA, a country boy from Florida's Panhandleand two native sons, the United States beat Europe on Sunday to wingolf's greatest team prize for the first time

Election Day will be something of an afterthought for tens of millions of Americans - they'll be voting well ahead of time. In fact, six weeks out from Election Day, some voters in Kentucky, South Carolina and Virginia already are

Millions of voters in US states crucial to this fall's presidential election received DVD copies of a controversial documentary film as advertising inserts in their morning newspapers last week, with more sent out over the weekend.

Saturday's bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad is a warning by Al-Qaeda and the Taliban that Pakistani and US attempts to eradicate militant hideouts will be met with unprecedented bloodshed, analysts say. There was no initial claim of responsibility

Thousands of people in France and Germany took to the streets over the weekend, calling for soldiers deployed in Afghanistan to be brought home, police and march organizers said. Both countries have parliamentary votes coming up on the issue.

A dozen policemen and two militants were killed in clashes in western Afghanistan, a district governor said Sunday. The policemen, responsible for the security of a dam being reconstructed by Indian engineers, were on patrol when they came under attack

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Sunday that his nation's military would "break the hands" of invaders if attacked, as the war of words over its nuclear program intensified. "If anyone allows themselves to invade Iranian territory and its legal interests

United Nations Secretary General marked the International Day of Peace on Sunday by stressing some of the humanitarian factors that contribute to armed conflict. "This year, the International Day of Peace takes on special meaning," Ban said in a statement