A police forensics officer investigates a crime scene where one man was killed in Woolwich, southeast London May 22, 2013.  REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

London man slain in suspected Islamist attack

LONDON - A man was hacked to death in a street near an army barracks in London in what Prime Minister David Cameron said appeared to be a politically motivated attack.  Full Article 

Twitter beefs up security after hacking spree on media 5:45pm EDT

- Twitter Inc unveiled technology to boost security for its users, following a spate of attacks on accounts of prominent media outlets including the Associated Press, the Financial Times and The Onion.

A U.S. flag from the Plaza Towers elementary school is erected on poles in front of the school in Moore, Oklahoma, May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Tornado victims astounded at how they survived

MOORE, Oklahoma - Tornado survivors thanked God, sturdy closets and luck in explaining how they lived through the colossal twister that devastated an Oklahoma town and killed 24 people, an astonishingly low toll given the extent of destruction.  Full Article | Video 

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad talks during a news conference at the end of his visit to Cairo, February 7, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

Moving ahead with a plant that worries the West

VIENNA - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could offer it a second way of producing material for a nuclear bomb if it decides to make one, a U.N. report showed.  Full Article 

 Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the Joint Economic Committee in Washington May 22, 2013. Reuters/Gary Cameron

Bernanke suggests Fed not ready to pull back

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus is helping the economy recover but the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said.  Full Article 

Musicians from the military bands of China's People's Liberation Army and the U.S. Army take photos during a rehearsal for their joint concert at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, in this October 29, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/China Daily/Files

U.S. and China deepen military ties

WASHINGTON - Even as the United States accuses China of military espionage and worries about Beijing's more strident posture in the Asia-Pacific region, the ties between the armed forces of the two nations have been getting closer.  Full Analysis 

Ireland's Prime Minister Enda Kenny talks to his Croatian counterpart Zoran Milanovic (L) and his Estonian counterpart Andrus Ansip (R) during a European Union leaders summit in Brussels May 22, 2013. EU leaders met in Brussels on Wednesday with growing concern in European capitals about aggressive tax avoidance by high-profile corporations expected to top their agenda. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Ireland says will not be 'whipping boy' on taxes

DUBLIN - Ireland's finance minister said the country would not be the "whipping boy" for what he called a flawed U.S. Senate report that said Irish loopholes helped technology giant Apple shrink its tax bill.  Full Article 

Army soldiers open a road that was blocked by supporters of Sunni Muslim Salafist leader Ahmad al-Assir during the funeral of Hezbollah member Saleh Ahmed Sabagh in the port-city of Sidon in southern Lebanon, May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

U.S. may help rebels if Assad won't talk peace

AMMAN/BEIRUT - The United States and its allies are ready to increase support for Syria's rebels if President Bashar al-Assad refuses to discuss a political solution to his country's civil war, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said.  Full Article 

Britain calls emergency meeting after man killed in London

(WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT) May 22 - British Prime Minister David Cameron calls a meeting of his government's emergency Cobra security committee after the killing of a man in south London. Amateur video captures the immediate aftermath of the attack. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

David Rohde

Prosperity without power

Across the BRIC nations, frustrated members of the middle class are demanding change, but traditional power holders from Russia’s Vladimir Putin to India’s large political parties remain entrenched.  Commentary 

Edward Hadas

Apple, hypocrisy and stakeholder tax

Politicians are hypocrites when they complain about the cross-border tax strategies of Apple and other multinationals. But "hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue." It’s high time that companies admit taxes on profit are fair payments for the help that governments give them.  Commentary 

Bethany McLean

How much does Jamie Dimon matter?

To his supporters, he’s the personification of everything that’s best about the financial system. But to detractors, he’s the personification of all that’s wrong with modern banking — the arrogance, the resistance to new regulation, the astronomical pay in the face of obvious mistakes.  Commentary 

Gary Regenstreif

What Hollande can learn from Queen of Hearts

So far there has been little to show for his economic policies. Some actions have backfired and others have not gone far enough.  Commentary 

Glenn Hubbard and Tim Kane

U.S. power: Down but still unrivaled

Beijing does not threaten to counterbalance U.S. power as gravely as America’s economy threatens to become imbalanced on its own.  Commentary 

John Lloyd

The European Union's unending quandary

As recession deepens in the euro zone, the political questions about what comes next are resurfacing.  Commentary