Reading Time: 2 minutesUS light crude rose by $1.95 to $106.75 a barrel, the highest since September 2008, before falling back sharply.
Reading Time: 2 minutesProtesters gather outside ministry and secret police offices in Cairo
Reading Time: 2 minutesMr Chirac is accused of paying cronies between 1977 and 1995 for city hall jobs that did not exist.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe French finance ministry has confirmed it came under a cyber attack in December that targeted files on the G20 summit held...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteVarious footage of the incident - video up until Mr Berlusconi is taken to his car is courtesy of LInfedele
Reading Time: < 1 minutehe interim government is running Tunisia until elections scheduled to take place on 24 July.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe UN has named a former Jordanian foreign minister as its envoy to Libya, where the anti-Gaddafi revolt is now well into its...
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a joint statement, both the banks top executives, the group chairman and chief executive said the talk was speculative and presumptuous.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe state department said the security threat level was extremely high due to terrorist activities and civil unrest.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAll protests and marches are to be banned in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry has announced on state TV.