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The FSB has already finalized tougher standards for financial derivatives like credit default swaps.

The new laws will allow British police to seize passports of suspects to stop them from travelling abroad.

Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of sending soldiers and weapons to help separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine launch a new offensive.

Soccer's world governing body disclosed just 42 pages of a 430-page investigation over the World Cup bidding process.

Pope Francis wants G-20 leaders to think about the people affected by their decisions at the world's biggest economic meeting.

The shortest, the tallest, the biggest shoe and the most people dressed as penguins came out Thursday for Guinness World Records Day.

Allegations were leveled that the Gulf state spent $5 million bribing officials to secure the success of its 2022 World Cup bid.

There are disagreements over whether the Russian warships are heading toward Australia in a deliberate show of power.

Analysts and project finance experts believe the company may have underestimated the difficulties of raising funds for the $7 billion project.

The Russian president didn't get the warmest welcome in China this week, and things may stay chilly at the G-20 summit.

The CDC says it has ordered $2.7 million worth of personal protective equipment to help hospitals care for Ebola patients.

The 21-member nations in the APEC bloc approved the launch of a two-year study of the initiative proposed by China.

David Cameron defended the British government’s support for U.S.-backed economic sanctions on Russia, calling it "morally right."

A Malaysia Airlines director had said that the company was planning to officially declare Flight MH370 as lost by December 2014.

The newspaper's mailroom received a package with a bottle of liquid and some documents mentioning the Ebola virus.

Independent ethics investigator Michael Garcia has provided a lengthy report on his findings for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Actress Shailene Woodley is rumored to be dating a Hawaiian musician named Nahko Bear.

The proposal by the Financial Stability Board is set to be endorsed by G2O leaders later this week in Australia.

Justin Bieber and Katy Perry were among other notable no-shows.

Mexicans are lashing out against an off-the-cuff remark made by the attorney general during a press conference Friday.

The last Americans held by North Korea were released Saturday.