Voting is over in Britain's general election, and results are frantically being counted. Early exit polls indicate the Conservative party will win the most seats, but will also fall short of a parliamentary majority.

• May 7, 2010

Millions of voters across the United Kingdom are today having their say on who they think should lead the country.

• May 6, 2010

There's only one good bet in Britain's razor-edge election: It's likely to reshape the country's politics in historic ways

• May 6, 2010

Kyrgyzstan's interim government has begun a criminal investigation of local companies -- allegedly controlled by the son of ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev -- that were sources of fuel supplied to a key U.S. air base in the Central Asian country.

• May 6, 2010

Consumer prices in Latvia will be on average 3.7% lower in 2010 than previous year, the largest drop among 183 countries worldwide, according to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) new "World Economic Outlook" report. Deflation in Lithuania will make 1.2%, and inflation in Estonia will be 0.8%

• May 6, 2010

The explosion of an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico has raised enough concern among congressional Democrats to jeopardize the prospects for passage of an energy and climate change overhaul.

• May 5, 2010

Prosecutors in Kyrgyzstan have opened a criminal investigation into whether, for the second time in a decade, a son of a president of this small Central Asian country illegally profited from contracts supplying jet fuel to an American air base.

• May 5, 2010

A primary cause of upheaval in Central Asia over the past five years has been the inability of governments in the region to respond to popular concerns and complaints.

• May 5, 2010