US Senate agrees to debate landmark gun bill

WASHINGTON Rights groups and some U.S. lawmakers fear Obama has moved too quickly since forging a dramatic breakthrough in relations in 2011 after half a century of military rule in Myanmar, also known as Burma. U.S. officials argue that reforms by ...

Former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider, kidnapped by gunmen while campaigning for Pakistan's landmark elections, had received threats from the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-e-Sahaba. Though no group has claimed responsibility for the abduction, Gilani and other members of his family told The Express Tribune that Ali Haider had been receiving "death and kidnapping threats" from the LeJ and Sipah-e-Sahaba. Ali Haider, 27, was kidnapped Thursday while campaigning for the May 11 ...

The agreement calls for a revenue sharing arrangement for both licensing and advertising revenue as well as additional payments for distribution and storage costs. The deal also calls for the partners to align distribution channel partners in ...

The Obama administration and civil rights groups are defending a key section of the landmark voting rights law at the Supreme Court by pointing reformed state, county and local governments to an

INDIANAPOLIS The enhancement and expansion of this landmark center will upgrade every aspect of the shopping experience. Improvements will positively impact how shoppers arrive, park, shop, dine and experience the center. This will be achieved ...

Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, in a message to the group's spokesman, outlined plans for attacks, including suicide blasts, in all four of the country's provinces.

Two global labour umbrella groups on Thursday praised top retailers for joining their drive to make Bangladesh's garment factories safer, after 1,127 people died in a factory collapse last month. "This accord is a turning point. We are putting in ...

A large coalition of religious groups and investors is urging major American retailers to join a landmark plan to improve factory safety in Bangladesh, calling on them to act together to force changes in the overseas marketplace. In a letter ...

Standard Bank Group, Africa's largest bank by assets, has walked away with 11accoladesat the 2013 EMEA Finance Achievements Awards, including being named best merger and acquisition (M&A) house, best securitization house and best syndicated loan ...