Reuters

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said the city-state's economy was on track to meet the official forecast of 2-4 percent growth in 2015.

Other surveys have also reported rising consumer morale, as inflation has fallen to a record low and wages are starting to pick up.

A white South Carolina patrolman charged with murder for shooting a black man in the back as he fled after a traffic stop will not face the death penalty if convicted, a prosecutor said on Monday.

Russia had unsuccessfully suggested during negotiations that the text call for an immediate ceasefire and that an arms embargo include President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's government.

Boko Haram fighters have killed thousands of people in their six-year bid to create an Islamist caliphate in northeastern Nigeria.

The comments were unexpected, at least by progressives, who saw them as an early sign she may shift away from the centrist economic policies pursued by her husband.

The four guards opened fire with machine guns and grenade launchers on the Iraqis, including women and children, at Nisur Square.

Shackled and clad in jail stripes, Arias told the court she had long wanted to be put to death for the crime.

The prospect of unwavering sanctions at the state level, or new ones, risks widening a divide between states and the federal government.

Although low oil prices will help underpin growth there are "significant risks" to the regional outlook, according to the World Bank.

A government official and the foreign ministry did not elaborate on why Park had chosen not to attend.

Latin American leaders praised Obama for ending decades of U.S. hostility towards the communist-ruled island.

Jordan Spieth had record-tying performance at Augusta on Sunday, shooting an 18-under 270.

As fighting continues in the MIddle Eastern nation, exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi named a deputy.

Despite some who say he's "delusional" U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry defended his presentation of a framework agreement on Iran's nuclear program.

The men were among thousands of people detained after freely elected Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was toppled in 2013 by the military.

Muslim Turkey accepts that many Christian Armenians died in clashes with Ottoman soldiers beginning in 1915, but denies hundreds of thousands were killed and that this amounted to genocide.

The army said in a statement that "terrorist and extremist elements" were behind the roadside attack.

Major insurance companies including Aetna, Anthem and Cigna are declining to pay for the latest generation of tests spurred by the actress' op-ed.

Calls for a Yemen ceasefire from Iran were ignored by Saudi Arabia, which began airstrikes with Arab allies more than two weeks ago.

A group says nine people including five children were killed in a Syrian army airstrike on a school, but the military denies the report.

Gunmen fired from a car at the embassy compound, killing two security officers who were Libyan government employees and wounding another.

Iran's state TV network Al Alam said on Sunday its Twitter account had been hacked and a false report was posted that an Iran-allied rebel leader in Yemen had died.

Usain Bolt said he is willing to face American rival Justin Gatlin at any time.

Jordan Spieth enters the final round of the Masters with a four-shot lead.

Mohammed bin Abdulmalik bin Abdullah Al Al-Sheikh will be acting health minister, state media did not say why Ahmed al-Khatib was relieved.

Public safety was mostly an afterthought in South Korea's decades of rampant economic growth, defined by an attitude of "pali, pali," or "hurry, hurry."

The ban follows recent tension in the former British colony over growing numbers of mainland visitors, and concerns about smuggling.

The tentative accord between Tehran and the P5+1 group respects the Mideast country's key concerns, a military official said Saturday.