BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi lawmakers passed a long-delayed election law on Sunday to pave the way for a January poll, after parliament sidestepped a potentially explosive row over the oil-producing city of Kirkuk. More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a landmark win in the U.S. House of Representatives, President Barack Obama's push for healthcare reform faces a difficult path in the Senate amid divisions in his own Democratic Party on how to proceed. More »
ROME (Reuters) - Some 84 percent of Italians oppose a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that crucifixes should be removed from Italian classrooms, according to a poll Sunday. More »
LONDON (Reuters) - The chief executive of Goldman Sachs, which has attracted widespread media attention over the size of its staff bonuses, believes banks serve a social purpose and are doing "God's work." More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General George Casey, Army chief of staff, on Sunday became the latest U.S. military official to advocate sending more troops to Afghanistan as President Barack Obama nears a decision on a new strategy. More »
LONDON (Reuters) - Britons are not convinced the war in Afghanistan can be won, Britain's chief of defence staff said on Sunday, as two new polls showed support for the war was dwindling. More »
LONDON (Reuters) - Tycoon Alan Sugar, famous for his putdown "you're fired" on hit TV show "The Apprentice," said he was considering firing himself from his government job after a backlash at comments he made about struggling small businesses. More »
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban village mayor and 11 other people in an attack near Pakistan's volatile city of Peshawar on Sunday, officials said. More »

Iraqi Shiite Turkmen lawmaker Abbas Hasan al-Bayati , left, speaks as Iraqi Shiite …
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