Traders at Goldman Sachs, the investment bank, have been banned from swearing in company emails.

The Governor of Arizona is to appeal against a judge's ruling that blocked the most controversial aspects of the state's new immigration law.

Grammy-award winning singer Wyclef Jean said on Thursday that he has taken legal steps toward running for president in quake-devastated Haiti, but has not made a definite decision to run.

Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a leading Mexican drug trafficker, was killed in a clash with state security forces, local media reported on Thursday.

Shirley Sherrod, the African-American federal agriculture official who was forced out of her job after a conservative blogger posted a heavily edited portion of a speech she had made, said Thursday that she believes her experience provides a fresh opportu

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader, is expected to bow to intense U.S. pressure by agreeing to hold direct peace talks with Israel within weeks, according to western officials.

At least 100 people have been killed by rivers bursting their banks in north-west Pakistan, leading to the country's worst floods in 80 years.

Silvio Berlusconi's government was in danger of collapse Thursday after open warfare broke out between the Italian prime minister and his most senior party colleague.

The Governor of Arizona is to appeal against a judge's ruling that blocked the most controversial aspects of the state's new immigration law.

Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to appear on a daytime television chat show as he attempted to reach out to ordinary Americans following a slump in opinion polls.