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  • Battles ahead for Greek PM weakened by state TV crisis Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 8:24 AM ET

    ATHENS, June 18- Greece has avoided the uncertainty of an early election but the standoff over the state broadcaster's closure has weakened the prime minister and deepened mistrust in his fractious coalition.

  • CAIRO, June 17- Does Egypt face a new revolution? Millions hope so, it seems; they have signed a national petition demanding the president resign and plan to take to the streets on June 30, when Mohamed Mursi marks a year in office.

  • Reuters World News Highlights at 2045 GMT, Jun 17 Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 6:00 PM ET

    President Barack Obama sparred with Russia's Vladimir Putin over how to end the war in Syria on Monday during an icy encounter at a G8 summit where divisions over the conflict eclipsed the rest of the agenda.

  • Gun Friendly Texas Woos Northeast Gun Makers Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 2:12 PM ET

    Gov. Rick Perry will visit gun makers in New York and Connecticut this week to try to bring them to gun-friendly Texas.

  • UPDATE 1-Protests to give new turn to Egypt revolution Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 12:42 PM ET

    CAIRO, June 17- Does Egypt face a new revolution? Millions hope so, it seems; they have signed a national petition demanding the president resign and plan to take to the streets on June 30, when Mohamed Mursi marks a year in office.

  • Iran's New President Positive for Market  Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 11:35 AM ET

    NBC's Ali Arouzi, discusses the Iranian president's first press conference and the "stark contrast" with his predecessor.

  • Protests to give new turn to Egypt revolution Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 8:41 AM ET

    CAIRO, June 17- Does Egypt face a new revolution? Millions hope so, it seems; they have signed a national petition demanding the president resign and plan to take to the streets on June 30, when Mohamed Mursi marks a year in office.

  • Czech prime minister says he will resign Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 7:25 AM ET

    PRAGUE-- Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas announced Sunday that he will resign over a spy and bribery scandal involving his government. Necas said he also will quit on Monday as chairman of his conservative Civic Democratic Party.

  • Egypt appoints 17 governors, including 8 Islamists Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 7:20 AM ET

    CAIRO-- Egypt's president on Sunday appointed 17 new provincial governors, including seven members of his Muslim Brotherhood, adding to its already considerable power in the legislative and executive branches.

  • Who Is Iran's President-Elect?   Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 5:20 AM ET

    NBC's Ali Arouzi, reports from Tehran on Rowhani's win for the presidential post which prompted mass celebration in the streets, and on the 'herculean challenges' that face him.

  • High Expectations for Iran's New Leader   Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 3:40 AM ET

    Hassan Rowhani has won Iran's presidential election in a landslide victory. But who will he lean towards the reformers or the regime? NBC's Ali Arouzi has more from Tehran.

  • Ebrahim Rahbari, director of global economy at Citi, tells CNBC that if the German election results in a grand coalition there will not be much change in policy on the euro zone.

  • PARIS, June 16- France's ruling Socialists on Sunday called for a weaker euro and changes to EU rules on budget deficits, accusing the center-right governments of Britain and Germany of creating economic hardship across the European Union.

  • FEATURE-Thailand's boom: To the northeast, the spoils Saturday, 15 Jun 2013 | 9:00 PM ET

    UDON THANI, Thailand, June 16- Steel girders jut from the low skyline of the Thai city of Udon Thani near the Laos border as workers lay cement for a new shopping mall, one of many illustrating a boom in the Thai economy beyond the bright lights of Bangkok.

  • WASHINGTON, June 14- With a Senate vote on President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency still in limbo, speculation is rising about the fate of a proposed emissions rule for new power plants that was scheduled to have been finished in April.

  • WASHINGTON, June 14- As the U.S. House of Representatives gets ready to debate a $500 billion, five-year farm bill, environmentalists and fiscal hawks warn the legislation could leave taxpayers on the hook for expensive new subsidies to growers if crop prices fall.

  • 5 Things to Know About Iran's Presidential Vote Friday, 14 Jun 2013 | 12:32 PM ET
    An Iranian clergyman shows his ink-stained finger after voting in the first round of the presidential elections in the Islamic Republic at a polling station at the Massoumeh shrine in the holy city of Qom on June 14, 2013.

    Iranians are voting for a president on Friday. Here are some important things to know about the vote.

  • Why Iran Election Outcome Won't Change Anything  Friday, 14 Jun 2013 | 11:40 AM ET

    Jamie Ingram, Middle East analyst at IHS, says that whatever the outcome in Iran "it will be more of the same" in terms of policy but that it could bring a different approach to negotiations with the West.

  • More Iranians Turn Out for Election   Friday, 14 Jun 2013 | 11:20 AM ET

    Ali Arouzi, reporter for NBC, reports from Tehran on the Iranian presidential elections, and discusses the candidates and the better-than-expected voting turnout.

  • It's Election Day in Iran  Friday, 14 Jun 2013 | 11:17 AM ET

    Iranian voters are heading to the polls to elect a new president, reports NBC's Ali Arouzi. The country's current president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is barred from the election.

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Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 5:30 PM ET

President Barack Obama "essentially fired" Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in televised remarks this week, former Federal Reserve Governor Laurence Meyer says.

Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 6:00 PM ET

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Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 12:01 PM ET

The Federal Reserve won't change course on quantitative easing this week, Steve Weiss of Short Hills Capital says.