WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Global financial regulation has changed little since the 2008 banking crisis, but that won't be the case much longer. U.S. and EU authorities are expected to hammer out the final shape of a new regulatory order in 2010 that will fundamentally change how world banks and markets operate. Stricter limits on leverage and capital will ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iran postponed a visit by members of the European Parliament on Monday, but the EU delegation said it had canceled the visit because Iran had blocked meetings with opposition figures. Iran's official news agency IRNA said the visit, scheduled for January 7-11, was postponed by the foreign ministry to allow more time to prepare for a "constructive ...

Members of the European Parliament have approved a resolution condemning a proposed anti-gay bill before the Uganda Parliament that includes a death penalty provision for “aggravated homosexuality.”

MP David Bahati's bill would outlaw gay sex and includes a death provision for repeat offenders and ...