Reuters

Zhou Yongkang is being investigated by the party's anti-corruption watchdog for suspected "serious disciplinary violations."

The acquisition is the latest by the smartphone pioneer to build on niche areas in an attempt to reinvent itself.

A high-stakes dispute over a tanker carrying $100 million in Iraqi Kurdish crude took a surprising turn on Tuesday when a U.S. judge said she lacked jurisdiction given the ship's distance from the Texas shore and urged that the case be settled in Iraq.

The lawsuit names a total of 658 plaintiffs, including 29 who are bringing claims on behalf of people who died.

Colorado's top court ordered the Boulder County Clerk on Tuesday to stop giving out marriage licenses to gay couples while it considers an appeal by the state's attorney-general who says a ban on same-sex nuptials remains in force.

The company has said previously that the sourcing switch could cause many of its 3,100-plus stores to run out of chicken products.

Time is running out for Argentina to pay "holdout" investors suing Latin America's No. 3 economy for full payment on their bonds.

BP said that to date, sanctions had not had a significant effect on its business in Russia.

The attack comes as the country is caught in a political deadlock over a disputed election to replace Hamid Karzai as president.

The vessel is carrying some 1 million barrels of crude worth about $100 million and arrived on the Texas coast on Saturday.

Ebola has killed 672 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since it was first diagnosed in February.

The United Kalavrvta tanker, carrying some 1 million barrels of crude worth about $100 million, arrived off the coast of Texas on Saturday but has yet to unload its disputed cargo.

The company, known for mood lighting and wi-fi and comfortable leather seats even in economy class, offers flights to 22 cities in the United States and Mexico.

Dollar stores have struggled in a weak U.S. economy.

The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday placed anti-dumping duties as high as 165.05 percent on solar panels and cells from China.

The claim in the Hague was made by subsidiaries of Gibraltar-based Group Menatep.

The Carmichael mine has sparked protests from green groups and marine tour operators worried about carbon pollution.

The government said more than 150 people have died, many of them civilian, in the capital Tripoli and Benghazi in two weeks of fighting.

Under the new health measures, public gatherings such as marches, demonstrations and promotional advertisements also will be restricted.

Syria says dozens of rebels were killed in operation to retake Sha'ar gas field near Homs.

Tougher sanctions against Russia are necessary, no matter their effect on the economy, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble says.

OSI Group indicated it would “withdraw from the marketplace” all products made by Shanghai Husi.

A federal judge on Saturday overturned Washington D.C.'s ban on carrying handguns outside the home, saying it was unconstitutional.

Family members of those killed on the Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali were taken to the wreckage to grieve on Saturday as French President Francois Hollande announced three days of mourning.

Israel's security cabinet approved extending the humanitarian ceasefire begun early on Saturday until midnight local time (1700 EST) on Sunday, an Israeli government official said.

The mayor of the central Ukrainian town of Kremenchuk was shot dead on Saturday and the house of another mayor in Lviv to the West was hit by fire from a grenade launcher, the Interior Ministry said.

The largest meat processor in the U.S. denies that the move is related to its recent acquisition of Hillshire Brands.

Goldman Sachs downgraded its global equities allocation to neutral only in the short term, as the brokerage is still overweight stocks in the longer term.

Former World Wrestling Entertainment heavyweight champion Daniel Bryan employed a rear naked chokehold to subdue the suspect.