Reuters

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras faces a crucial vote in parliament on Monday that will decide the country's fate.

The NFL playoffs are set to get underway on Saturday.

Oil prices rose on Monday, after dropping for the past two sessions, as escalating clashes stoked worries about supply from the OPEC member.

Dissident leaders say they were not consulted when the list of prisoners to be freed was drawn up.

Parliament is under pressure to approve a budget to get the next tranche of financial aid under a $17 billion IMF loan package.

A lawyer who represents al-Wefaq said the charges include incitement against the government.

Croatia, which joined the EU in July last year, has had six years of recession with prospects of zero growth in 2015.

Soon after the blast, police were ordered on higher alert in Mumbai, Delhi and Pune.

Officials says there were 478 passengers and crew members on the Norman Atlantic at the time of the fire.

It was unclear whether there had been casualties or if any passengers were in the water.

After the anti-homosexuality law was passed in September, Violet Grey began warning its 47 members to keep a lower profile.

“The Greek people do not want early elections,” PM Antonis Samaras said during an interview on state television Saturday.

“Sweden has a tradition of solving difficult questions,” its PM says. “I am happy we have reached a deal.”

China’s trade figures have repeatedly fallen short of expectations in the second half of this year.

The central bank is working to set a legal framework for the use of advanced e-commerce technologies, said India's central bank governor.

Chinese industrial profits dropped 4.2 percent in November to 676.12 billion yuan ($108.85 billion), official data showed on Saturday.

Doctors in Houston have decided to keep former U.S. President George H.W. Bush in the hospital for a fourth night since his bout with shortness of breath, though his condition has improved and he "remains in high spirits," his spokesman said Friday.

Lodging posted almost double-digit year-on-year sales growth by percentage from Black Friday to Dec. 24, MasterCard says.

At least 45 civilians were killed and some 175 wounded when aircraft bombed a northern Syrian city controlled by Islamic State.

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said his ministry had recalculated its budget forecasts to take into account oil prices at $60 a barrel.

Russia's ruble rose on Friday to its strongest levels in more than three weeks in a sharp rebound from its recent all-time lows.

Police said some militants may have fled to Bhutan while their leader was believed to be in Myanmar, prompting calls for cooperation.

Turkey is already training Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq to help them fight ISIS, which controls territory in Iraq and Syria.

The regulator said in February that the U.S. chipmaker was suspected of overcharging and abusing its market position.

Japanese annual core consumer inflation slowed for a fourth straight month in November largely due to sliding oil prices.

The military did not say whether the victims of the attack were settlers.

Most world powers deem Israel's settlements illegal and settlement activities have drawn criticism from the EU and from U.S.

The boy's arrest sparked fierce criticism of Erdogan by opponents.