Government officials have opened an investigation to determine how information about an immigration case involving the aunt of ...

The Treasury Department hopes to spur mergers by steering some of its $250 billion rescue package to banks willing to buy rivals, according to government officials.

At least 11 and perhaps as many as 14 Christians have been killed in the northern Iraqi city since the end of August, according to government officials.

Since late September, as many as 14 Christians have been killed in Mosul, according to government officials and humanitarian groups.

Local government officials say cholera outbreaks across Katsina, Zamfara, Bauchi and Kano states in northern Nigeria have killed 97 people in the past two weeks, making it the worst outbreak in the north for several years, according to an official from National Primary Healthcare Agency (NPHA) in Abuja.

The widening scandal is especially charged politically because government officials pledged to reform food safety regulation after a string of controversies last year.

The new scandal is especially charged politically because government officials pledged to reform food safety regulation after a spate of problems last year.

Government officials and community leaders in Somalia's Puntland region are involved in a dispute about the mismanagement of a US$500,000 donation that was awarded by Africa Oil Corp., a Canadian company which claims to have oil exploration rights in the region.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday froze the assets of two Venezuelan government officials, saying they have ties with the rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ballot-box stuffing, beatings of opposition activists, biased news coverage and government officials campaigning for President Mikheil Saakashvili's party tainted Georgia's parliamentary elections this year, Europe's main election watchdog said on Tuesday.