Bloomberg After using the Summit of the Americas for more than a decade to help whip up anti-US sentiment in Latin America, Venezuela this week found out how isolated it truly is. Barred from attending the two-day event, Venezuela had to watch as country after country condemned the administration of President Nicolas Maduro and called for the restoration of democracy ...

BERLIN / Reuters German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday said government subsidies were needed to address lingering disparities in the quality of life in the states of former Communist East Germany and West Germany 28 years after unification. In a video webcast, Merkel said the government needed to look at ways to address the structural differences that would remain after ...

Reuters Most Gulf stock markets rose on Sunday due to firm oil prices and relief that the weekend’s military attack on Syria was relatively limited in scope and there was no immediate retaliation. The United States, France and Britain launched 105 missiles after a suspected poison gas attack in Syria a week earlier. The strikes were limited to three alleged ...