ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, forecast a seasonal dip in the third quarter, but said there would be no repeat of the pronounced slowdown seen in the second half of last year.

Demand

Western governments lined up to condemn Friday's twin attacks in Norway, saying the ‘cowardly’ perpetrators who killed at least 11 people had demonstrated a complete lack of humanity.

With Norway inv

Belgium plans to halve its troop numbers in Afghanistan from the start of January, a defence ministry official told the media on Sunday in the latest sign of allied exit from the decade-old war.

"The

NATO will continue its bombings of Libya, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said.

"NATO will continue its mission, because if we stop, an unspecified number of civilians would lose their li

Nato defence ministers huddle on Wednesday for talks on the air war in Libya amid calls for allies to step up their contributions as strikes to dislodge a defiant Muammar Gaddafi escalate.

NATO on Friday accused forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi of laying landmines around the rebel-held city of Misrata to prevent the population from moving.

The mining of Misrata's surroundi

Belgium will soon become the second country in Europe to ban the burqa in public places, after the parliament approved legislation forbidding full veils, the bill's author said on Thursday.

The legis

NATO aircraft hit eight warships of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces overnight on Friday in the ports of Tripoli, Al Khums and Sirte, the Atlantic alliance said in a statement.

"NATO and coalit

Nato aircraft hit eight warships of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces overnight on Friday in the ports of Tripoli, Al Khums and Sirte, the Atlantic alliance said in a statement.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest on sexual assault charges risks further complicating efforts to fix a second Greek bailout and resolve the eurozone debt crisis, moves towards which the IMF chief was