Saddam Hussein's henchman Tariq Aziz is to ask for an Iraqi presidential pardon from his death sentence for persecuting opponents.His lawyer Giovanni Di Stefano...
Labour leader Ed Miliband has welcomed a Nato agreement to return Afghanistan to the control of the country's security forces by 2014.Making his return...
US stocks ended narrowly mixed amid anxiety over Europe's financial crisis and a widening probe into insider trading on Wall Street.Bank shares slumped after...
A rally for European shares and the euro proved short-lived following fresh uncertainty over Ireland's planned rescue package.The FTSE 100 Index opened more than...
The UK can afford a multi-billion bailout of the Irish economy, Chancellor George Osborne insisted as he sought to ease Tory backbench concerns over...