Reuters

The Syrian army said on Sunday it had repulsed a major offensive by Islamic State militants in the northeastern city of Hasaka.

The British Broadcasting Corporation claims to have seen evidence detailing what happened to the $10 million soccer's world governing body FIFA sent to former vice-president Jack Warner.

Russia will begin importing Iranian oil under a long-heralded oil-for-goods barter arrangement in the coming week, Iran's oil minister was quoted as saying, more than a year after negotiations began.

European Parliament President Martin Schulz urged Greece in a newspaper interview to accept a proposal by its international lenders for a cash-for-reforms deal.

Israeli aircraft struck the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday in response to a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled territory that hit southern Israel, the Israeli military said.

China's military said on Sunday it must be governed by the ruling Communist Party and not succumb to "liberal" voices who wish to challenge the party's control.

Sunday marks seven days since the Eastern Star went down, and according to Chinese tradition this a key date on which to mourn the dead.

China is helping fund and build a railway connecting Hungary and Serbia.

Arab airstrikes and shelling after the attack killed 38 Yemenis in provinces near Saudi Arabia, according to reports in the Houthi-controlled state news agency.

As many as seven other vessels have been reported at sea, the privately funded Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) and Italy's coastguard said.

The Obama administration on Thursday said the records of up to 4 million current and former federal employees may have been compromised.

Chanting "Murderer Erdogan" with a banner declaring "peace despite everything,” hundreds marched to the scene of Friday's attacks in the mainly Kurdish southeastern city of Diyarbakir.

When President Obama attends the Group of Seven summit in Germany Sunday, he will meet leaders who are growing accustomed to less direction from Washington, more demands on Europe.

After rejecting what he called "absurd" terms for a deal, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will resume talks with eurozone lenders in Brussels next week.

A Chinese businessman has agreed to pay $2,345,678 for a private lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, winning a charity auction.

An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday canceled a ruling to list the Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organization, judicial sources said.

Taiwan's coast guard on Saturday commissioned its biggest ships for duty in the form of two 3,000-ton patrol vessels, as the island boosts defenses amid concerns about China's growing footprint in the disputed South China Sea.

The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship which capsized during a storm in the Yangtze River jumped to 396 on Saturday, leaving fewer than 50 still missing.

U.N. agencies in Israel and the Palestinian territories reported an alarming number of child victims in last year's war in the Gaza Strip but were split on whether Israel should be put on a list of violators of children's rights.

China criticized the United States on Friday for "unprovoked accusations" in calling on Beijing to account for the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship which capsized in the Yangtze River reached 331 Saturday, leaving around 100 still missing, as the boat operator apologized and said it would cooperate with investigations.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday spurned "absurd" terms of proposed aid from lenders and delayed a debt payment to the International Monetary Fund, prolonging an impasse that threatens to push Greece into default and out of the euro zone.

Vietnam is in talks with European and U.S. contractors to buy fighter jets, maritime patrol planes and unarmed drones, as it looks to beef up its aerial defenses in the face of China's growing assertiveness in disputed waters, an exclusive Reuters report says.

The unemployment rate is expected to hold steady near a seven-year low of 5.4 percent.

Economists polled by Reuters expect Britain's economy will expand around 2.5 percent this year and 2.4 percent in 2016.

It is not clear whether the SEC investigation is limited to the spending allegations or is broader in scope.

The government and the leftist guerrilla group agreed to examine atrocities in the long-running conflict.

Initial signs suggested the fire started by accident, according to a fire brigade spokesman.

There have been some signs that Beijing is open to flexing its push for reforms where they threatened growth.