Reuters

The polls found 8 percent to 14 percent of Scotland voters were still undecided before polls opened at 2 a.m. EDT on Thursday.

Around a dozen fighters and multiple rebel commanders were also confirmed killed in the bombardment.

The People's Bank of China is reportedly pumping in 100 billion yuan each into China's top five banks.

Iowa will hold the first contest in the 2016 Democratic nominating campaign.

Endo's offer of $28.10 per share represents a premium of 30.6 percent to Auxilium's Tuesday closing price of $21.52 on the Nasdaq.

Argentina called in the United States' top diplomat in the country on Tuesday to express its "deep indignation" over a local newspaper interview in which he made reference the South American country's latest debt default.

Dozens of state-run companies have been bleeding cash for decades and kept afloat by budgetary support each year.

Edward Snowden could be granted safe passage in Switzerland if he helped a potential criminal inquiry into U.S. spying there, the Swiss public prosecutor's office said Monday.

Obama's authorization of the use of air power against ISIS in Syria has raised the question of whether Bashar al-Assad would respond in some way.

Al Qaeda dismissed as "lies" a U.S. assessment that it is in decline, but a defiant online message issued by the network on Sunday made no mention of the ultra-hardline Islamic State group widely seen as its rival for the leadership of global jihad.

Brent crude oil slumped to a more than two-year low under $97 per barrel.

Europe's biggest tour operator, TUI Travel, and majority owner TUI AG have agreed on the terms of a merger.

The EU and the U.S. imposed late last week a fresh set of sanctions against Moscow for its policy on Ukraine.

The deal, which has been recommended by Nobel Biocare's board of directors, is expected to be completed in late 2014 or early 2015.

Migrants have been streaming out of North Africa, mostly lawless Libya, in rickety boats in rising numbers for years.

Analysts say Libya is turning into a conflict zone for competing regional powers.

Until now, many Sunni tribal fighters and members of armed factions have sided with Islamic State, convinced the government is the greater of two evils.

“There is no contract sanctity,” a U.S. official said. Accordingly, companies will have 14 days to wind down activities.

The U.S. Federal Reserve could signal the timing of its first interest-rate increase in more than eight years Wednesday.

Activists marched through Hong Kong Sunday saying they felt betrayed and angry at Beijing's refusal to allow fully-democratic elections.

Ukrainian Azov battalion fighters depicted on ZDF TV wearing uniforms with swastikas and Nazi runic symbols.

Demonstrators led by Imran Khan and Tahir ul-Qadri have been locked in a bitter stand-off with the government for weeks.

The bloc is looking for public-private investments that will create jobs and spur growth, without pushing countries deeper into debt.

European Union finance ministers were considering at least four options at a meeting in Milan Saturday.

Calls are getting louder for new economic stimulus, by China's central bank or by its government.

Despite denials that Russian troops are in Ukraine, families with children in the Russian military are coping with 'mysterious' deaths.

Hackers accessed dozens of servers in a cyberattack launched in June, though no money was taken, the New York Times reported.

HP is exploring the sale of its photo sharing service Snapfish, and held discussions with private equity and industry buyers, someone close to the matter said, Reuters noted in an exclusive report.

Islamic State's Twitter users, which have trumpeted the group's violent acts and world view on the social media service, have gone quiet in past days.