Reuters

Eighteen Republican lawmakers sent a letter to President Obama requesting the removal of two Office of Personnel Management executives after a data breach that compromised the personal information of millions of Americans.

Euro zone finance ministers ended their third meeting in a week without agreement.

The key CSI300 index fell 7.9 percent while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 7.4 percent.

OneWeb plans to put a network of 648 small satellites into orbit to provide global broadband and mobile telephone services.

Human rights have long been a source of tension between the world's two largest economies.

Vladimir Putin phoned Barack Obama on Thursday, their first call since February, to discuss Iran nuclear talks, "the increasingly dangerous situation in Syria" and the need to counter ISIS, the White House said.

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Thursday was moved to a U.S. penitentiary in Florence, Colorado, home to the so-called "Supermax" unit that houses high-risk prisoners, a spokesman for the Bureau of Prisons said.

A group of former U.S. officials and foreign policy experts cautioned, in an open letter, of the need for a deal with adequate safeguards.

Chinese banks at present are prohibited from lending more than 75 percent of their deposits, limiting their ability to offer loans.

U.S. President Barack Obama reaffirmed in a phone call with his French counterpart Francois Hollande on Wednesday Washington's commitment to end spying practices deemed "unacceptable" by its allies.

The Ohio Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of gestation, following the passage of a similar ban by the Wisconsin Senate this month.

Two prison escapees may have at least one gun from a cache of weapons in an upstate New York cabin where they hid about 20 miles from a maximum security facility, police said on Wednesday.

The heat wave has coincided with electricity cuts and the holy month of Ramadan, when most Muslims do not eat or drink during daylight hours.

Prominent U.S. flag makers said on Tuesday they will stop manufacturing and selling Confederate battle flags after last week's attack on worshippers at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina.

Islamic State suicide bombers killed at least ten people and injured dozens in two coordinated attacks on Tuesday in the heart of the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka, a monitor and a resident said.

The U.S. National Security Agency spied on French presidents Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande, WikiLeaks said in a press statement Tuesday.

The chance of a successful prosecution is considered slim but the Dutch hope they can pressure Russia, whose role in the process is critical, into cooperating.

Homes were destroyed by the storm in the small town of Coal City, about 60 miles south of Chicago.

Temperatures have touched 111 degrees Fahrenheit in the steamy port city of Karachi in recent days.

Finance Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi is accompanying Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on a U.S. visit seeking more investment in India.

It is becoming mathematically harder and harder to avoid economic growth falling below 7 percent in the second quarter.

Greece took a step back from the abyss on Monday with the presentation of new budget proposals that euro zone leaders welcomed as a basis for a possible agreement in the coming days to unlock frozen aid and avert a looming default.

The two men were seized in the desert city of Timbuktu in November 2011, weeks before secular and Islamist rebels took over Mali's north.

The United States and China began three days of cabinet-level meetings aimed at managing the highly complex relationship between the world's two biggest economies, a senior U.S. official said.

An unofficial adviser to Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of State told her during the 2011 rebellion that ousted Muammar Gaddafi that history had "vindicated" her and the U.S.'s "successful strategy," emails showed.

Asian shares got the week off to a strong start and U.S. stock futures and the euro firmed on Monday.

Officials worked late into the night to produce a deal ahead of a summit of eurozone leaders in Brussels that they hope can keep Greece in the currency bloc.

Williams' board determined the proposal "significantly undervalues" the company.

"We will continue to search this area until all leads have been exhausted," New York State Police Major Michael Cerretto said Sunday.