Reuters

A looming deadline for Greece to get a new debt deal has kept investors nervous.

Nikkei jumped to its highest level since May 2000, riding on gains by financial and shipping companies.

Google is set to launch a subscription model for YouTube in a few months, CNBC quoted Robert Kyncl, the online video service's head of content and business operations, as saying.

At least 36 civilians were killed when a military plane bombed a funeral party in a Niger border village, the government said, in an incident its deputy mayor blamed on the Nigerian air force.

Following the government's announcement, yields on Greek and other lower-rated eurozone bonds fell on Wednesday.

Tunisian government forces are engaged in a campaign against several Islamist groups, including the Ansar al-Sharia.

The Australian government has been attempting to save the lives of the two members of the so-called Bali Nine, convicted in 2005.

Putin told Kiev to let its soldiers surrender to pro-Russian rebels, who spurned a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and fought their way on Tuesday into the town of Debaltseve.

Administration officials have said they expected 9.1 million people to be enrolled in coverage and up to date on insurance payments by the end of the year.

The policy comes after a two-year review amid growing demand from U.S. allies.

Several of the biggest hedge fund managers slashed or dissolved their stake in China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. at the end of last year.

The latest valuation is a massive increase for the company, which Facebook Inc. offered to buy for $3 billion in late 2013.

The United States and Turkey have reached a tentative agreement to train and equip moderate Syrian opposition fighters and expect to sign the pact soon, officials said.

Argentine courts have accused a group of Iranians of planning the attack on the AMIA Jewish community center that killed 85 people.

Republican and Democratic senators have introduced two separate bills to lift travel restrictions on Americans going to Cuba and to repeal the 53-year-old embargo.

China's economic growth had slipped to a 24-year low of 7.4 percent last year.

Fairfax said it has received hard irrevocable undertakings to accept the offer from entities managed by Apollo Global and CVC Capital Partners,

Among those arrested since Feb. 6 was a prominent Boko Haram member called Kaka Bounou.

President Xi Jinping is expected to authorize robust defense spending for this year despite China's slowing economy,

The U.S. cardinal who heads the Vatican's commission on sexual abuse of children by clergy warned his fellow Roman Catholic bishops not to behave as if the problem had passed.

The NSA has figured out how to hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba and other top manufacturers.

China drew $13.9 billion in foreign direct investment in January, up 29.4 percent from a year earlier.

Economic Minister Akira Amari told reporters the economy was on track for a recovery.

Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner issued her first public comments since federal prosecutors announced they would seek charges against her.

The soon-to-be-retired driver held off Jimmie Johnson on Sunday.

The video militants in black purportedly behead 21 Christians from Egypt that Islamic State group militants kidnapped from Egypt.

A boom in oil shipments by rail and a spate of derailments across North America have put heightened focus on rail safety.

U.S. White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough says legislators must not “take a pass” on authorizing action against the Islamic State group.

Britain's Treasury Committee has called HSBC's chairman and CEO to give evidence on the matter Feb. 25, Reuters reported.