Reuters

Recent satellite images show China has made rapid progress in building an airstrip suitable for military use in the disputed Spratly Islands.

The country's elite Politburo said on Thursday that authorities will step up policy "adjustments" and should cut taxes further.

Quarterback Jameis Winston was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the first pick in the 2015 National Football League Draft on Thursday.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives passed the first joint House-Senate budget plan in six years on Thursday, a measure that aids the party's goal of dismantling President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform law this year.

China is frequently accused by the United States and its allies of engaged in widespread hacking attacks.

Shell said it has sold $2 billion worth of assets so far this year as part of its drive to keep only its most profitable assets.

Markets are now focusing on the central bank's semi-annual report on the economic and price outlook, due later on Thursday.

The United States has said that there are no guarantees that a deal will be secured by a June 30 deadline.

Talks between six major powers and Tehran are approaching the final stages after a preliminary agreement on April 2.

GM on Thursday will announce a multibillion-dollar, multiyear investment in several U.S. manufacturing plants in a move to boost production and vehicle quality, a person familiar with the matter said.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of 15 senior officials this year as punishment for challenging his authority, South Korea's spy agency told a closed-door parliament meeting on Wednesday.

A majority of U.S. Republicans would attend the same-sex wedding of a loved one, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed, highlighting the risks for Republican presidential candidates who stake out positions against gay marriage.

The U.S. Senate rejected an effort on Wednesday to tie sanctions relief for Iran under an international nuclear agreement to a requirement that President Barack Obamacertify that Tehran is not supporting acts of terrorism against Americans.

Navinder Singh Sarao traded from his parents' modest home in west London.

Barclays pulled out of a settlement between U.S. and British authorities and six rival banks in November.

The central bank says its decision on when to raise rates will be data-dependent.

Some Indian analysts fret that New Delhi may be losing influence in Afghanistan, which is working to forge closer ties with neighbors Pakistan and China.

U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday to end spy agencies' bulk collection of Americans' telephone data, setting up a potential showdown over the program, which expires on June 1.

The brain injury Caleb Medley, an aspiring stand-up comedian, suffered in the shooting left him unable to walk or speak clearly.

The Senate voted 57-39 to reject the measure.

Detroit automakers have come full circle, relying as they did before the financial crisis on profits from selling trucks and sport utility vehicles in the United States to cover losses overseas.

The 300 emails do not demonstrate Clinton was personally involved in decisions that resulted in weak security at the Benghazi outposts.

Eight drug-trafficking convicts from several countries were executed by an Indonesian firing squad shortly after midnight on Wednesday, local media said, but a Filipina who was on death row with them was unexpectedly spared at the last minute.

Gross domestic product grew by 0.3 percent in the January-March period, the Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday.

A hefty increase in refining revenue offset a slump in oil production earnings.

Analysts expect no change in the Federal Reserve's policy stance after the two-day FOMC meeting starting later on Tuesday.

Republicans reached a compromise deal for the first joint House-Senate budget in six years.

For a third night, many people across the country slept in the open, their homes either flattened or threatened by tremors that spread more fear among a traumatized population.