• U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen holds a news conference following the two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting in Washington March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    Yellen's swan song to markets

    By Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Janet Yellen soothed markets' anxieties even while unwinding her predecessor's emergency measures to combat the 2007-2009 global financial crisis during her tenure as the first woman to...

  • French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe reacts during the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris, France, January 30, 2018.   REUTERS/Charles Platiau

    France to name and shame worst cases of tax fraud: PM

    By Reuters, Reuters

    Philippe said the tougher measures were particularly necessary as his government intended to cut business and household taxes. "For grave offences, the French must know who is trying to absolve...

  • The German share price index, DAX board, is seen at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, January 30, 2018.    REUTERS/Staff/Remote

    European shares slip at end of strong month

    By Helen Reid and Danilo Masoni, Reuters

    LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) - European shares fell on Wednesday as investors locked in profits at the end of a strong month while results from some of the region's biggest names also weighed. The STOXX...

  • FILE PHOTO: Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) looks on during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/File Photo

    U.S. prosecutors drop corruption case against Sen. Menendez

    By Sarah N. Lynch and Joseph Ax, Reuters

    (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has dropped corruption charges against Democratic Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey, according to a court filing on Wednesday, days after the trial judge...

  • FILE PHOTO - Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal sits for an interview with Reuters in the office of the suite where he has been detained at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    For Saudi tycoons freed from detention, cheers and a business challenge

    By Stephen Kalin and Katie Paul, Reuters

    RIYADH (Reuters) - Cheering supporters greeted Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal when he arrived at his skyscraper offices in Riyadh after his release from detention in an anti-...

  • Some secrecy needed in trade talks: Ron Kirk

    Some secrecy needed in trade talks: Ron Kirk

    By Doug Palmer, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is being as open as possible about international negotiations to create a nine-nation free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific region but has to maintain some...

  • Al Qaeda bomb maker is top threat, must be killed: U.S. senator

    Al Qaeda bomb maker is top threat, must be killed: U.S. senator

    By Todd Eastham, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is the top security threat to the United States and the bomb maker thought to have created at least two non-metallic explosive devices must be...

  • Obama aide in Yemen in anti-al Qaeda drive

    Obama aide in Yemen in anti-al Qaeda drive

    By Reuters, Reuters

    SANAA (Reuters) - A senior aide to President Barack Obama flew to Yemen on Sunday to meet the leader of a country battling with al Qaeda insurgents that Washington believes has also targeted the...

  • Taliban can be defeated, but Pakistan must do more: U.S. senator

    By Reuters, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Taliban can be defeated militarily in Afghanistan but the job is not done, a key U.S. senator said on Sunday, noting that the insurgents still control more than a third of...

  • Merkel's party routed in big German state

    Merkel's party routed in big German state

    By Stephen Brown, Reuters

    DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffered a crushing defeat on Sunday in an election in Germany's most populous state, a result which could embolden the left...

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