The boy scouts of America has thrown open its ranks to gay youngsters, but not adult leaders, in a compromise that some warned could fracture t(...)

Crude futures are set to post their biggest weekly loss in five weeks, with Brent edging down toward $102 per barrel today, as ample supply and(...)

US president Barack Obama has offered his most vigorous public defence of drone strikes, describing them as legal, effective and necessary. (...)

Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river in a rural area north of Seattle has collapsed, sending vehicles and people into the frigid wat(...)

Wrong and misleading rates for taxes paid by the Apple corporation on its Irish activities were quoted at the US Senate investigations committe(...)

Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness have robustly argued the value of foreign visits(...)

The European Commission intends to force companies to disclose revenues and profits on a country-by-country basis to crack down on tax avoidanc(...)

The Irish economy’s dependence on foreign multinationals is without parallel in the developed world. Foreign-owned companies account for a larg(...)

A United Nations human rights investigator has called for all states to declare a moratorium to prevent so-called “killer robots” being deploye(...)

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to resilience in the labour mar(...)