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The message marks the first sign that the US is becoming comfortable about allowing firms to work around the nation’s four-decades-old ban.

Brent crude oil fell to a 5-1/2-year low on Tuesday as a global supply glut outweighed concerns of lost supply from Libya.

The AirAsia plane's disappearance triggered comparisons with Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which has yet to be found.

George H.W. Bush's breathing has returned to normal and he is awaiting doctors' approval to be discharged from a Houston hospital.

Smoke is seen coming from an island as the search for AirAsia flight 8501 enters a third day.

Asian shares got off to a lacklustre start on Tuesday, as a sharp selloff in commodities and political uncertainty inGreece made investors less willing to take risks in the final trading days of 2014.

The shareholders approved the acquisition, which will create the world's biggest buyer of prescription drugs.

The Islamic State group also published photos of the Jordanian military pilot who was captured last week.

The S&P 500 and Russell 2000 closed at record highs Monday, despite political uncertainties in Greece weighing on the global stock market.

It was not known if the senior leader who was targeted had been killed.

"Shack-onomics" is preparing to take the world by storm following Shake Shack's IPO filing Monday.

Speculation surrounding a possible 2016 presidential run is heightened as Bush resigns from some of his business interests.

Smoking is one of the hardest bad habits to break, largely because nicotine is so addictive.

But the application is opposed by the U.S., Israel and Hamas, the Islamic group that controls Gaza.

Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, the spiritual leader of the African Hebrew Israelites, died Saturday.

Energy experts and analysts say U.S. consumers should expect gas prices to remain low through much of 2015.

A Fox News commentator's assertion that the use of the metric system was behind the disappearance of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 is not supported by evidence or endorsed by aviation experts.

In an age when cell phones can be located in an instant, how does a modern commercial jet plane simply vanish?

Fernandes was a newcomer in the airline industry when he and other investors took over AirAsia in September 2001.

Indonesia has sent a ship to test an oil patch found in the reported location of the downed AirAsia plane to see if it is aircraft fuel.

The president has only used his veto pen twice in his presidency, but vetoes should be more frequent with a Republican majority in Congress.