Gap between rich and poor 'keeps growing'

The gap between the rich and the poor keeps widening, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says.

Once untouchable, Egypt's Sisi faces media attacks

Egyptian newspapers are publishing what would have been unthinkable when then-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi removed the Muslim Brotherhood from power in 2013: suggestions that he is fallible.

Fast-Food Workers Stage Worldwide Protests Over Minimum Wage

Fast-food workers seeking higher pay protested around the globe at chains such as McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s amid a broader debate about raising the minimum wage.

Rouhani Seeks Economic Fix as Iran Commemorates Revolution

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had foreign-policy successes to showcase when he spoke in Tehran’s Azadi Square today to mark the 35th anniversary of Iran’s Islamic revolution.

Angolan president sacks security chief

Luanda (Angola) (AFP) - Angola's president has sacked his intelligence and state security chief, state media reported Friday, amid allegations linking the sector's staff to the disappearance of two activists.

Before attack, Kenya's economic future was bright

NEW YORK (AP) - Nairobi's Westgate Shopping Mall, site of Saturday's mass shootings where 68 have been reported dead, might as well have been a mall in suburban America.

Is too much welfare preventing initiative in US?

America was once the land of Lady Liberty, beckoning the world: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.