Sergey V. Lavrov Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation.

Farm policy in the U.S. impedes free trade.

A Russian Soyuz rocket has successfully inserted into orbit six US Globalstar 2 communications satellites, according to Russian state TV reports.

Afghan president attends the burial ceremony of his brother Ahmad Wali Karzai, killed Tuesday by a trusted security guard. Travis Brecher reports.

There has been a second night of rioting in Northern Ireland. Petrol bombs were thrown at police in Belfast, there was also violence in three other towns.

The Conservatives will join Labour and the Liberal Democrats in urging News Corporation to withdraw its bid for BSkyB.

Ireland, Greece and Portugal have needed - and taken - bailouts, with Italy the latest country to have financial problems.

More than a dozen armed men abducted a naturalized American, her teenage son and Filipino nephew Tuesday from a southern Philippine island near a stronghold of al-Qaida-linked militants, officials said. (July 12)

China said its economic growth eased to 9.5 percent in the latest quarter amid rate hikes. But the numbers give the government room to keep taking measures to fight inflation. (July 13)

Soaring costs force some companies to rethink their China strategy and look for cheaper options outside the country.

Scott Pelley spoke with President Obama on the United State's view of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the reaction towards a mob attacking the U.S. embassy in Damascus.

On a flying, unannounced visit to Afghanistan, French president Nicolas Sarkozy told troops near Kabul that a quarter of all French soldiers in the country would leave by the end of next year.

Kamran Bokhari examines the effects of Ahmed Wali Karzai's assassination on the stability of a post-NATO Afghanistan.

Karzai's controversial half-brother was reportedly killed by his own bodyguard.

Three explosions have taken place in Mumbai on Wednesday evening - two in South Mumbai at Opera House and in Zaveri Bazar and one at Dadar West, in central Mumbai.