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Putin, himself a former KGB agent, sent the message in a letter to to veterans and current operatives of Russia's security services on the day Moscow traditionally honors them..

India is offering to set up an insurance pool to indemnify global nuclear suppliers against liability in the case of a nuclear accident.

General Motors has developed contingency plans in case recalls of potentially lethal Takata-made air bag inflators widens.

Arvind Subramanian said on Friday that India should increase public spending to boost economic growth in the medium term.

Pu Zhiqiang, one of China's most outspoken dissidents, was arrested in June on charges that supporters say are politically motivated.

Swiss National Bank announced it would impose an interest rate of -0.25 percent on the portion of so-called "sight deposits."

Joseph Scott Pemberton has been charged with the murder of Jeffrey Laude, who was found dead in a hotel in northwest of Manila.

Asian shares enjoyed their best day in 15 months on Friday after Wall Street boasted its biggest two-day advance since late 2011.

Based in New Delhi, the full service Vistara will begin operations with a fleet of new Airbus A320-200s with 148 seats.

The French parliament approved President Francois Hollande’s revised 2015 deficit-cutting budget on Thursday.

China's governing Communist Party has been waging a campaign against corruption, in a bid to increase its legitimacy.

The Fed has held benchmark overnight rates near zero since December 2008.

Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev told a Russian paper: "When a U.S. law is passed it is very hard to change it afterwards."

The men were charged with conspiracy to kill employees of the U.S., and with conspiracy to provide material support to a Colombian rebel group.

A U.S. drone strike in eastern Afghanistan has killed four Pakistani Taliban members and seven other insurgents.

Chinese Internet giant Baidu confirmed it is buying a stake in Uber but didn't disclose the stake size or the investment amount.

Business sentiment among Asia's top companies rebounded in the fourth quarter to the second-highest level in almost three years.

Greece's future in the euro zone may hang in the balance once more, but investors believe the market fallout from any current political turbulence can be insulated.

The fall in inflation has given some respite to British households and average earnings rose by more than prices in September.

The Co-operative Bank, which nearly collapsed last year before being bailed out by bondholders, was the only bank to fail the test.

The gloomy report reinforces investors' fears that the world's second-largest economy is losing momentum.

The buying consortium includes China Travel Financial Holdings, York Capital Management Global Advisors and Pepper Australia Pty Ltd.

Former Korean Air Lines executive, Heather Cho, may face legal charges if prosecutors pursue the case.

Growth slowed to 5.3 percent in the July-September quarter from a 2-1/2-year high of 5.7 percent in the previous quarter.

A former manager at Bernard Madoff's firm was sentenced to six years in prison on Monday for helping her now imprisoned boss carry out his multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme.

UN report also highlights systematic human rights violations on the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia from Ukraine in March.

Fed will decide this week whether to make a critical change to its policy statement that will widen the door for interest rate hikes next year.

Dmitry Medvedev's comments, in an article published Monday, coincided with a visit to Brussels by Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk.

Inflation dropped to zero mainly driven by a sharp decline in fuel prices, which fell an annual 4.91 percent last month.