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Feds dropping case against former Wilmington Trust execs

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DOVER, Del. — After being dealt a stunning setback by an appeals court, federal prosecutors in Delaware have declined to retry four former executives...

San Francisco Fed’s Daly: Healthy economy needs less support

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WASHINGTON — With interest rates ultra-low even as the U.S. economy swiftly improves, Federal Reserve officials are divided over how quickly they should adjust...

Jordan tribes, bedrock of monarchy, on edge as economy tanks

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KARAK, Jordan — Jordan has drawn a curtain of secrecy on the unprecedented public rift within its royal family, but the social tensions laid...

Pope, Lebanese Christian clerics pray for end to crisis

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ROME — Pope Francis welcomed Lebanon’s Christian religious leaders to the Vatican on Thursday for a day of prayer amid fears that the country’s...

Greece: Fugitive far-right former lawmaker arrested

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ATHENS, Greece — A leading member of Greece’s extreme right-wing Golden Dawn party has been arrested in Athens, nearly nine months after he disappeared...

CBO projects federal deficit will hit $3 trillion this year

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The Congressional Budget Office says that the federal budget deficit will again hit $3 trillion this year, $745 billion more than its estimate five...

Economic crisis, severe shortages make Lebanon ‘unlivable’

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BEIRUT — Ibrahim Arab waits in line several hours a day in the hot summer sun to buy gas for his taxi. ...

Gunmen take to streets in Lebanese city over economic crisis

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BEIRUT — Gunmen took to the streets in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Wednesday, firing in the air and at times throwing...

England beats Germany 2-0 to reach Euro 2020 quarterfinals

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LONDON — England is unburdened by the weight of agonizing history: Germany has finally been beaten in a tournament again. ...

Uprooted again: Venezuela migrants cross US border in droves

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DEL RIO, Texas — Marianela Rojas huddles in prayer with her fellow migrants, a tearful respite after trudging across a slow-flowing stretch of the...