Buoyant economic data released Friday from the U.S. and China, the world’s two biggest economies, also supported oil prices.
The latest effort to improve discipline amid a corruption crackdown especially targets leaders in local anti-graft bodies.
Manchester United began its preseason and the reign of Jose Mourinho with a 2-0 win over Wigan.
Speaking at an Asia-Europe summit, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called for greater international support for the country’s anti-terror fight.
Dozens of lawyers and activists associated with the Beijing Fengrui law firm have been swept up in the crackdown and held since last July.
Developers have claimed the game's infrastructure can't handle more players in places like Japan.
The country’s statistics bureau said that the economy still faces downward pressure, but that economic growth in the first half lays a good foundation for achieving the 2016 target.
France plans to increase its military spending, but nobody compares to the U.S. in that department.
The hunt for debris was supposed to finish this summer, but now it "may continue well into the winter months," according to an operational update from the authorities.
The hypersonic PAK-DA strategic bomber will be able to fly anywhere in the world invisible to radar and is expected to take flight in 2020.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said this week China’s claim to sovereignty over the South China Sea can be traced to "ancient times."
China promised Washington last year it wouldn't hack computer systems for the purposes of commercial espionage.
Synthetic marijuana, also called "K2" or "Spice," was connected to a Tuesday incident that sent 33 people to hospitals in New York City.
After a turbulent buildup, the sporting action at the 2016 Rio Olympics is about to begin.
Over 62 square miles of coral reefs have been destroyed by poaching of giant clams and China’s building of artificial islands in the highly contested waters.
The THAAD anti-missile system will be deployed in Seongju county, which is beyond the reach of North Korea’s long-range missile systems.
In 2015, BuzzFeed editor Matt Stopera’s chronicling of how his stolen phone landed up in China took the internet by storm, and forged an unlikely friendship.
The impoverished Himalayan country has been plagued by political turmoil for years and K.P. Oli is Nepal’s seventh prime minister since it abolished its 239-year-old monarchy in 2008.
Manchester United will soon play its first match under the charge of new manager Jose Mourinho.
A new study from the U.S. government shows that global energy intensity has declined in the past 25 years.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said weapons and military equipment exports had reached $4.6 billion in 2016.
An arbitration court in The Hague Tuesday ruled in favor of the Philippines after finding no legal basis for China to claim historic rights to resources in the South China Sea.