Reuters

Tesco's $9.56 billion loss, which includes restructuring charges and stock writedowns, is one of the biggest in British corporate history.

Analysts agreed that Teva, the world's largest generic drugmaker, would need to sweeten its bid to the $90-per-share range.

Asian equities have found support from Chinese measures to spur lending and combat a slowing economy.

Those suspended include all police chiefs in Garissa County, its regional administrator and its criminal investigations officer.

A Japanese cabinet minister and about 150 lawmakers on Tuesday visited Yasukuni Shrine, seen by critics as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, sparking anger among Asian neighbors a day before U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in the region.

India seized 200 kg of heroin from Pakistani drug traffickers aboard a boat on the Arabian sea, a defense official said on Tuesday, in a $15 million haul that is one of the country's largest and comes as narcotic flows escalate from Afghanistan.

The U.S. Senate could plunge into a heated debate on legislation giving Congress the power to review a nuclear deal with Iran as soon as Wednesday, as some Republicans sought to change the bill to take a harder line on any agreement.

A Pentagon spokesman said he did not believe Navy warships patrolling the region had been in direct contact with the Iranian flotilla of nine cargo ships.

Two Egyptian police officers were killed after being shot by unidentified gunmen in Cairo on Tuesday evening, an Interior Ministry spokesman told Reuters.

As many as 900 people may have died on Sunday off Libya's coast when their packed boat capsized as they were trying to reach the Italian island of Lampedusa.

ZEW said the world economy was dampening Germany's export prospects and reducing the potential for further improvement.

The news comes shortly after a full default on both principal and interest by Cloud Live Technologies earlier this month.

Tommy Schaefer was charged with premeditated murder after he said in court he had killed Wiese-Mack in self-defense.

Shares in the world's largest technology services company flitted around the unchanged mark in after-hours trading.

A bomb exploded in front of the Spanish embassy in the Libyan capital late on Monday, residents said, the latest in a string of attacks on foreign missions in the North African country.

Serena Williams had some struggles on clay courts in the run-up to Roland Garros.

Kraft Foods Group Inc on Monday said it is revamping its family-friendly macaroni and cheese meal, removing synthetic colors and preservatives from the popular boxed dinner.

The U.S. Navy sent the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and escort cruiser USS Normandy from the Gulf into the Arabian Sea on Sunday.

300 members of the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade is expected to train 900 guardsmen in three rotations over six months.

Three other rescue operations were underway on Monday to save hundreds more migrants in peril on overloaded vessels making the journey from the north coast of Africa to Europe.

The blast hit the base on Faj Attan mountain beside the Hadda district, home to the presidential palace and many embassies, and sent a tall mushroom cloud into the air.

Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo has denied he received 30 million won ($27,000) in campaign funds from businessman Sung Wan-jong.

Rezaian is accused of collecting information "about internal and foreign policy" and giving it to "individuals with hostile intent."

Police urged spectators not to bring large bags or coolers, saying that such packages would be subject to search.

Satellite images suggest China has made rapid progress in building an airstrip suitable for military use on contested land in the South China Sea.

The latest cut is the deepest single reduction since the depth of the global crisis in 2008.

Athens has been stuck in negotiations with its euro zone partners and the IMF over lender-specified economic reforms.

China's central bank on Sunday cut the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves, the second industry-wide cut in two months.

YLE forecast Sipila won 46 seats in the 200-member parliament, with Stubb's center-right National Coalition with 37 seats and center left Social Democrats with 37 seats.