The White House on Monday projected that the U.S. federal government's budget deficit will reach around 1.33 trillion U.S. dollars in the 2012 fiscal year ending September 2012, fresh evidence of the mounting budgetary pressure facing the world's largest economy.

The number of Facebook users in Georgia reached a new high in 2011, according to figures published by local media.

Moody's on Monday downgraded the debt ratings of Italy, Spain and Portugal and placed negative outlooks on France, Britain and Austria, blaming the ongoing fallout from the eurozone crisis.

 

The embassy car exploded in a ball of flames in a diplomatic area of central New Delhi, injuring a 42-year-old female diplomat and her Indian driver who were pulled from the wreckage by bystanders, according to witnesses.

Four people were killed Sunday when a contractor helicopter for NATO-led forces crashed in the Afghanistan's southern province of Zabul, deputy provincial governor said.

Security forces have arrested five Taliban insurgents including a would-be suicide bomber child who was set free in Kabul months ago, the department of National Directorate for Security (NDS) said in Kandahar on Sunday.

Health experts warned on Wednesday that Norway is facing an outbreak of influenza A, which is caused by a new strain of virus known as H3N2.

Health experts warned on Wednesday that Norway is facing an outbreak of influenza A, which is caused by a new strain of virus known as H3N2.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced proposed regulations to prevent Americans from dodging taxes through foreign accounts.

China will raise the retail prices for gasoline and diesel by 300 yuan (47.53 U.S. dollars) per tonne starting Feb. 8, in a swift response to international trends as easing domestic inflation gives way for adjustment.