French economist Jean Tirole on Monday won the Nobel prize for economics for research on market power and regulation that has helped policy-makers...

Hilton Worldwide is selling the Waldorf Astoria New York to Chinese insurance company Anbang Insurance Group Co for $1.95 billion. Hilton Worldwide...

Prosecutors in Germany have brought charges against Deutsche Bank co-CEO Juergen Fitschen and two former CEOs in connection with what prosecutors say...

The rare breach on Friday was likely to renew intense scrutiny of the Secret Service, an agency whose storied history has been marred in recent years...

Yahoo is making amends for years of blundering with one smart move: an early investment in China’s Alibaba Group, founded by Jack Ma  that has turned...

Brazilian church officials say the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro has escaped injury during a robbery by three gunmen.Rio archdiocese...

The US Navy Friday said two of its carrier-based fighter jets crashed in the western Pacific Ocean. Though one pilot was rescued, a search was on for...

Germany plans to send about 40 paratroopers to Iraq to provide weapons training to Kurdish fighters battling an Islamic extremist insurgency. The...

A British Sikh woman is taking legal action against a gurdwara in Scotland after she suffered severe injuries to her leg in an explosion in its...

‘This is a fight the Iraqi people must win, but it’s also a fight the rest of the world needs them to win. It’s a fight the United States and the rest...

White House officials say president Barack Obama has decided to delay any executive action on immigration until after the November congressional...

Championship leader Nico Rosberg (in pic) was fastest in the second practice session of the Italian Grand Prix on Friday, while Mercedes teammate...