Reuters

Fighter jets have pounded positions in the Tirah Valley in the Khyber region, west of the city of Peshawar, over the last few days.

China's economy faces increased downward pressure this year but the slowdown is stabilizing, Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli said Sunday.

The Shiite paramilitary forces have been hailed as heroes by fellow Shiites, but accused by the Sunni minority of punishing Sunnis.

Their differences over fiscal policy needed to cut Japan's staggering public debt have so far been masked by their shared determination to end deflation.

Obama also scolded Netanyahu over his remarks about Arab Israelis voting.

The American world and Olympic champion edged Frida Hansdotter of Sweden by 0.05 seconds.

As the U.S. continues to withdraw troops, President Ashraf Ghani publicly acknowledged for the first time that Islamic State was gaining influence in Afghanistan.

In a call to arms from the southern city of Aden, Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi called on Houthis to pull their forces out of state ministries.

Shares of publicly-traded cybersecurity firms have outperformed the market in recent months, as high-profile data breaches at Sony , JPMorgan Chase and Anthem prompt businesses to spend more to secure their computer networks.

In an interview with Russian television, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he was concerned Kiev might stage "provocations."

Authorities say they have arrested more than 20 suspected militants, including 10 believed to be directly involved in the Bardo attack.

Iran and six world powers suspended negotiations on a nuclear agreement on Friday, and are set to meet next week to try and break a deadlock.

The law requires any doctor performing an abortion to have privileges to admit patients to a nearby hospital.

Chancellor George Osborne could beat his government borrowing target for this year after public finances improved sharply last month.

The foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan and China on Saturday hold their first meeting in three years, in a bid to warm frosty ties.

Athens has been kept from bankruptcy by two bailouts since the global financial crisis, but now risks running out of money within weeks.

The AIIB could emerge as a rival to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is dominated by Japan and the United States.

Land Rover is among automakers being probed in China for possible anti-competitive behavior.

Strains have been growing within the 28-country bloc over sanctions which some member governments have only supported reluctantly.

Six world powers are unlikely to reach a framework agreement with Iran on its nuclear work in the coming days as the sides are still far apart on key issues, a senior European negotiator said Thursday.

Japan’s tax authorities have begun a review of how Universal Entertainment (6425.T) accounted for $40 million in payments made in 2010 to an associate of the Philippines' top gambling regulator at that time, sources told Reuters.

In 2008, Hillary Clinton promised Barack Obama, the president-elect, there would be no mystery about who was giving money to her family's globe-circling charities, says an exclusive Reuters report.

A pilots' strike grounded more than half of Lufthansa's long-haul flights Thursday, the latest action to pile pressure on management in a protracted row over early retirement benefits and cost cuts.

The U.N. Human Rights Council launched its inquiry in September after the militant group seized large swathes of northern Iraq.

Greece now risks running out of cash within weeks if it does not receive more aid.

Over a third of Democrats and 44 percent of independents agreed the email issue has hurt the former secretary of state politically.

The anticipated policy reversal reflects the U.S. embrace of Afghanistan's new and more cooperative president.

The attack has killed Adnan Garaar, an al Shabaab leader believed to be the mastermind of a 2013 attack on a Nairobi shopping mall that killed 67 people, the Pentagon said.

Greece and its lenders began talks last week to try and agree on the details of a common set of reforms.