Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin ruled out Wednesday running for the US presidency in 2012, telling supporters that she could help the Republican cause more by working to elect others.

Yahoo! shares surged more than 10 percent Wednesday driven by speculation that Microsoft would lodge a new bid for the web giant more than three years after being spurned.

Russia blamed media for provoking a recent threat to attack Israel reportedly voiced by Syrian President Bashar al Assad, RIA Novosti reported.

Russia blamed media for provoking a recent threat to attack Israel reportedly voiced by Syrian President Bashar al Assad, RIA Novosti reported.

Spanish police have busted a Chinese drug trafficking and prostitution ring suspected of having operated up to 37 brothels in Barcelona, officials said on Wednesday.

The country's largest labor federation warned the Obama administration and congressional Democrats not to take their support for granted and said they would work against any elected leader who supports pending free trade agreements.

The country's largest labor federation warned the Obama administration and congressional Democrats not to take their support for granted and said they would work against any elected leader who supports pending free trade agreements.

An enquiry commission set up after the death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan has extensively questioned his three widows and two daughters, it said in a statement Wednesday.