Aditya Kondalamahanty

Russia, which has launched about 5,200 sorties in Syria over the past three months, has faced accusations of damage to civilian life and property.

Oversupply, combined with lower demand for its products, has pushed Chinese companies' profits down, especially in the mining sector.

The Muslim-majority country banned the sale of beer in convenience stores in April, to combat underage drinking.

South Korea's antitrust watchdog ordered the conglomerate to simplify the corporate structure of its publicly listed companies earlier Sunday.

Some 500 to 600 people were being prepared to be evacuated from Lancashire on Saturday, fire department officials said.

Eight months after a devastating earthquake, Nepal has finally paved the way for a reconstruction agency to spend the money pledged by foreign donors.

One of the three Chinese vessels spotted on Saturday was armed with an autocannon, Kyodo News reported.

Authorities in Beijing raised an air-pollution alert Christmas Day, while canceling more than 200 airline flights from the Chinese capital.

As the metal's price rallied Thursday to its highest level since October and the outlook for the next two years brightened, the shares of mining companies followed suit.

The agreement was announced during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Moscow.

The growth indicator is predicted to rise at the same pace as in 2015 as Beijing's efforts to arrest a slowdown in the country's economy have met with mixed results.

Bigger tax revenues, expected at a 25-year high, are expected to cover nearly two-thirds of the inflated bill, compared to less than half in 2009.

The deal will help increase the airline's capacity by 4 percent in a market that is predicted to overtake the U.S. as the world’s biggest aircraft market.

France is seeking to form a coalition with European allies to mitigate the rising threat of ISIS in Libya, a French newspaper reported.

Rising imports have hurt productivity at U.S. steel mills, forcing them to operate at about two-thirds of their capacity.

Consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of the economy, rose by the most in three months, figures released ahead of schedule show.

These trades have allegedly allowed investors to move money from one country to another in violation of sanctions placed on Russia after its annexation of Crimea.

The government's projection was more optimistic than the Bank of Japan forecast, which put real GDP growth at 1.4 percent for 2016.

The landmark event marked a major victory for SpaceX since a rocket failure in June destroyed a NASA cargo ship bound for the International Space Station.

Share of the fast food giant's Japanese unit plunged Tuesday after the Nikkei Asian Review reported that the company was in talks with potential buyers.

Shares of IndiGo, which had bet big on the A320neo aircraft, fell more than 5 percent on the Bombay Stock Exchange Monday.

The Japanese electronics maker said Monday that it expects to record a $4.5 billion loss for the current fiscal year and plans to cut headcount by a third.

The deal, if confirmed, would not only be the largest for the Japanese brokerage since the 2008 financial crisis, but also mark its entry into the U.S. investment trust market, the Nikkei Asian Review reported.

Crude oil benchmark prices slid to their lowest since 2004 on Monday over concerns of increased supply from the U.S. and Iran.

The West is making a strategic mistake by focusing only on the Islamic State group, according to a think tank run by Tony Blair Faith Foundation.

Copper producers in China have come under pressure from the central government to tackle oversupply issues facing the metals industry.

Germany said that EU states ignoring the quota plan to distribute 160,000 refugees and migrants across the bloc could face legal consequences.

His campaign suspended two aides, including its national data director, Josh Uretsky, in the wake of its accessing her voter data.

The Canadian drugmaker on Wednesday lowered its outlook for revenue and profit guidance for the fourth quarter and the full year over growing scrutiny of its business practices.