MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Thursday ordered organizers of the 2014 Winter Olympics to relocate a number of planned facilities, including the bobsled track and a village for athletes, away from protected wilderness. Greenpeace, the World ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's prime minister said on Tuesday violent street rallies against a U.S. beef import deal are harming the country's international credibility and driving investors away. Prime Minister Han Seung-soo issued the warning at a ...

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has pledged billion dollar tax cuts for oil companies to encourage investment. On June 11, the International Energy Agency announced that Russia's oil production had hit 9.5 million barrels per day in the first ...

Spain's prime minister said Monday he is freezing his salary and those of other senior government officials as part of an austerity package prompted by a dramatically slowing economy. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Spain's economy will grow less ...

BANGKOK, June 1 (Reuters) - A Thai opposition group vowed on Sunday to hold more anti-government street rallies in Bangkok in a bid to force the government of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to step down. "We will stay here until the government ...

JERUSALEM — Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak called on Wednesday on Ehud Olmert to step aside as Israel's prime minister after damaging testimony in a corruption case. "The Prime Minister needs to disconnect himself from the day to day ...