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OPEC’s 13 members meet in Vienna Thursday to set the group’s policy, which is more focused on market share than on influencing prices.

The Global Slavery Index 2016, released Tuesday, found that India topped the list with the highest number of people in modern slavery.

The better-than-expected data triggered a brief rebound in the yen that pushed the dollar off its one-month high against the Japanese currency.

The former U.S. attorney general said the NSA leaker performed a “public service” but should come home and face trial.

Israeli leader says a 2002 Arab League initiative based on the land-for-peace principle could be a framework for talks.

A leader of the independent faction on the media giant's board doubts Sumner Redstone, 93, is really making decisions.

Meanwhile, federal lawmakers are stalling in the revision of sentencing guidelines such as mandatory minimum sentences.

“At this moment, terrorists are using anti-aircraft guns and missiles supplied by Russia,” a pro-government newspaper reported the Turkish president as saying.

Many of the world’s top oil producers will be at the OPEC meeting in Vienna this week, when the cartel will welcome a new member.

A Senegalese court has sentenced Chad’s ex-dictator Hissène Habré after a landmark trial for murder, torture and rape.

As fresh bombings hit Baghdad, the battle for Fallujah is shaping up to be one of the biggest ever fought against the Islamic State group.

Japan has put its anti-ballistic missile forces on alert at least twice this year after signs of launches by North Korea.

Michell Espinoza, accused of money laundering in Florida, wants the charges dismissed because they involve bitcoin.

Goh Chok Tong, Singapore’s emeritus senior minister, said China's growing presence in the region could result in “a more militarized South China Sea.”

St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard added that a rebound in U.S. GDP growth seems to be materializing in the second quarter.

Alan Pulido, who plays for Greek soccer team Olympiakos, was abducted in the state of Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico.

Mohammed Alloush’s resignation comes at a time when fighting between government and rebel forces in the war-torn nation shows no signs of abating.

Auction organizer Ernst and Young said the bitcoins were "confiscated as proceeds of crime" but declined to identify its client.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan eased 0.25 percent as markets pondered the Fed outlook.

The Fed chair’s rate hike endorsement Friday was just what the currency market was looking for to take the already-bullish dollar yet higher early Monday.

With the likely Republican and Democratic nominees both suffering record low popularity, the Libertarian Party sees an opening.