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The US Labor Department says the country’s unemployment rate rose to 9.8 per cent in November, the highest since April, raising fears about the strength of the current economic recovery.

The twentieth Ibero-American Summit is scheduled to open today in the Argentine city of Mar del Plata.

Nigeria's anti-corruption agency is to charge former US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, over a bribery scandal that involves a former subsidiary of energy firm Halliburton.

Mumbai, India (AP): In a country where charity more typically goes to helping the household, an Indian tech mogul's pledge to donate nearly $2 billion to fund education programmes for the poor was a bombshell.

About 40 prison guards have died after being trapped in a forest fire that had been raging out of control in northern Israel.

New research suggests that men with long index fingers have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer.

The lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange charged Wednesday that his client is being persecuted by Swedish authorities whose accusations of sex crimes have prompted an Interpol alert for his arrest.

Leaked classified US diplomatic cables have revealed that Senior Chinese officials have reportedly told a South Korean minister that the Korean peninsula should be reunified under Seoul's control.

The annual United Nations talks on climate change is now on in Cancun, Mexico.

CORVALLIS, Oregon (AP):Anger over a Somali-born teen's failed plan to blow up a van full of explosives during Portland's Christmas tree-lighting ceremony erupted in arson yesterday when a fire damaged an Islamic centre frequented by the suspect...

China has called for an emergency meeting of key nations amid tension in Korea over the North’s deadly shelling of a Southern island.

Millions of Americans are expected to head to the shops as Black Friday gets under way in the US.