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Singapore/Zurich: Singapore's central bank on Tuesday shut down a second Swiss bank in the city-state and fined banks DBS and UBS in its biggest...

Geneva: A Chinese academic, jailed for life two years ago for campaigning for the rights of the Muslim Uighur people, has won a prestigious annual human...

Pretoria: South African prosecutors issued Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan with a formal summons on Tuesday to appear in court on Nov. 2 in relation to the...

Brussels / Paris: Outraged by Russia's intensified air strikes on rebels in Syria, the European Union is now less likely to ease sanctions on Moscow...

Paris/Strasbourg: Russian President Vladimir Putin has cancelled a visit to Paris next week after President Francois Hollande said he would see him only for...

RABAT: Morocco's King Mohammed on Monday named moderate extremist leader Abdelilah Benkirane as prime minister for a second term after his party won the...

CAROLINA BEACH (N.C): Floodwaters left hundreds of people stranded in their homes and on rooftops in North Carolina early on Monday, and officials warned...

Lashkar Gah (Afghanistan): A suspected car bomb on Monday killed at least 10 police amid increased Taliban attacks on the besieged capital of the...

SVALBARD (Norway): A surge in Arctic tourism is bringing ever bigger cruise ships to the formerly isolated, ice-bound region, prompting calls for a...

STOCKHOLM: British-born Oliver Hart and Finland's Bengt Holmstrom won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work that addresses a host of questions...