Reuters

Saudi Arabia is quietly telling the oil market it would be comfortable with far lower prices for an extended time, a sharp policy shift possibly aimed at slowing the expansion of rivals, Reuters wrote in an exclusive report.

Hassan Rouhani said a nuclear deal with the West was bound to happen. He said he believed it can be achieved by a Nov. 24 deadline.

While Iliad's approach had been widely perceived as a long shot, its formal withdrawal sent shares of the U.S. carrier to a 10-month low.

McDowell is seeded to play the tournament's top-ranked player, Henrik Stenson.

Roman Catholic gay rights groups around the world hailed the paper as a breakthrough, but Church conservatives called it a betrayal of traditional family values.

Britain's public finances have deteriorated in recent months, hurt by slow growth in income tax receipts.

SE launched the S&P Carbonex index in 2012, giving increased weighting to companies depending on carbon footprint scores.

Statoil has been selling assets to protect margins eaten up by rising costs and, in recent weeks, falling oil prices.

The euro zone's sinking fortunes are raising alarm among global policymakers who fear the bloc is again dragging on the world economy.

Motorcycle-mounted attackers used sharp weapons to kill the policewoman, China Central Television said on its official microblog.

Many protesters in Admiralty donned face masks and goggles in preparation for possible use of tear gas or pepper spray.

Police patrolled in large numbers as voters lined up in La Paz.

Neves needs the backing of most of Silva's supporters if he is to defeat the leftist Rousseff and end 12 years of rule by her Workers' Party.

Al-Shabaab has been steadily driven out of towns in its heartland of south and central Somalia by a military offensive of African and Somali troops.

"Mosul will likely be the decisive battle in the ground campaign at some point in the future," Dempsey said.

The International Monetary Fund members say focusing on growth is the priority.

The latest round of U.S.-brokered peace talks foundered in April over objections to a Palestinian unity pact and Israeli settlement growth.

There are already more than 350 U.S. troops on the ground in West Africa, but that number is set to grow exponentially in the coming weeks.

According to reports, Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after exercises near the border with Ukraine.

"The message we have been given from the prime minister's office is very clear and precise," said a senior Indian Home Ministry official. "The prime minister's office has instructed us to ensure that Pakistan suffers deep and heavy losses."

Islamic State group fighters, who took control of large sections of Iraq this year, regularly target Shi'ite districts in Baghdad.

The Swiss star won in straight sets to halt Djokovic's 28-match winning streak.

The attack, wearing a police uniform struck a provincial police headquarters in southern Afghanistan Saturday, killing one and wounding four.

The U.S. Secret Service confirmed it was investigating the breach, which compromised the systems of Kmart, which has about 1,200 stores.

The software giant's CEO sparked controversy Thursday, but suggesting women in tech should not ask for raises.

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex matrimony to proceed in Idaho by lifting a temporary hold imposed earlier in the week, capping a week of victories for supporters of gay marriage.

The terms of the settlement were not being disclosed, a spokeswoman for Bose said in an email, adding only that the dispute had been "resolved."

U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said Kobani could suffer the same fate as the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, where 8,000 Muslims were murdered by Serbs in 1995.

UKIP's success increases the chances of another coalition government and potential political instability in the world's sixth largest economy.