Some economies, such as Ghana, South Africa and Angola — with ballooning debt and high exposure to global markets — will be most vulnerable to the Fed's rate hike, analysts said.
The agreement between the U.S. and Taiwan has angered Beijing, while adding to disputes centered around the South China Sea.
Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to grow the economy and stabilize Nigeria's naira currency by eradicating corruption stemming from his predecessor.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter visited Iraq Wednesday to secure broader Iraqi involvement in the fight against the Islamic State group, but Baghdad is hesitant.
Following electricity cuts, Ukraine is further isolating Crimea by cutting trade relations with the Russian-annexed peninsula.
General Ahmad Reza said Wednesday Iran wants to make major defense purchases. Regional rivals are concerned that sanctions relief will see Tehran add $150 billion to its budget.
The court said sharing a single name was a central aspect of the Japanese family unit, but it struck down a law prohibiting women from remarrying within six months of a divorce.
Two French citizens carrying fake Syrian passports were arrested over the weekend at a refugee center in Salzburg, Austria.
The airspace violations were believed to be the first since the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, and did not elicit a response from Israel's military.
Scotland had approved the installation of offshore turbines near the U.S. presidential candidate's luxury golf resort.
The regulations come amid Beijing's heightened tensions with its neighbors over disputed territory in the South China Sea.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov said Wednesday that Turkey should also guarantee that a similar incident will not happen in future.
China, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory and opposes all arms sales to the island, has warned that the deal could threaten ties between Beijing and Taipei.
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an internet guided by order, and said foreign web companies are welcome to invest in China, if they abide by the law.
The villages are all located near Buratai, the hometown of Nigeria’s military chief.
Congressional leaders have agreed on a fiscal plan that would avoid a government shutdown and lift the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports.
Iran's test-firing of the Emad rocket in October, despite a major nuclear deal with Western powers earlier this year, could attract additional sanctions.
Speaking at a ceremony to mark one year since a Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan, the Nobel Peace Prize winner said that blaming Muslims would only "radicalize more terrorists."
Hyeon Soo Lim, who was reportedly in the reclusive nation for humanitarian work, was detained in February for alleged crimes against the state.
More than 700,000 people fled their homes before the typhoon hit, as authorities attempted to minimize casualties.
Nestor Reverol, who leads the branch of Venezuela's armed forces that controls the country's borders, is named in an indictment pending in federal court, sources said.
What started as a simple children's book idea barely a decade ago has since grown into a cultural phenomenon.
With its investment reputation on the line, South Africa must do more than appoint a credible finance minister: It must tackle ballooning public debt and unemployment.
ISIS presence in Afghanistan has increased as presence shifts east from Syria and Iraq.
As Russian and U.S. officials meet to discuss the wars in Syria and Ukraine, the Kremlin has taken a step back on human rights.
The countries are at odds over Syrian President Bashar Assad and the conflict in Ukraine but agree that the terrorist organization must be destroyed.
East Santo Domingo Mayor Juan de los Santos, 45, died Tuesday, officials said.
France, which has been involved in U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in Iraq since September 2014, on Tuesday hit targets in the west of the country.
Around 42 percent of the Air Force's $72.7 billion budget over the next decade will be spent on the F-35.
The move comes as part of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which funds treatment for 9/11 first responders.
