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The failure to update the IT agreement can delay and potentially scupper a deal estimated to be worth $1 trillion to global trade.

The practice of shooting down planes suspected of smuggling drugs is spreading through Latin America.

Tired of being on the sidelines of the most popular sport in the world, China is making soccer mandatory for all students.

Uber is having a lot of problems around the world, but raising money isn't one of them.

Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now heir apparent to 90-year-old President Robert Mugabe.

The message, posted on Facebook by a fellow dissident, was the first his friend had heard from him in six years.

From London to Sydney, the Chinese are becoming the most sought-after luxury property investors. And the numbers are staggering.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will likely see victory for his party in Sunday's elections, but the size of the win is what matters for his economic reform agenda.

Brent is down roughly 9 percent this week, some 45 percent below its June peak above $115 per barrel.

Sony will partner with more than 70 third-party software developers and publishers to deliver game titles on the PS4 for Chinese gamers.

A surprise interest rate cut by China last month signaled growing concern of a sharper slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.

The underwater search, led by Australia, is trying to locate debris belonging to Flight MH370, which went missing over nine months ago.

A trade official involved with the trade talks said a deal would be very unlikely because of a stand-off between South Korea and China.

International climate change talks stalled Thursday with the nations reportedly agreeing on only one paragraph of text.

The U.S. Secretary of State urged leaders at a U.N. climate summit in Lima, Peru, to reach a global agreement on climate change.

The prize, an alternative to the Nobel, was awarded to Castro for "important contributions to emphasizing the need to eliminate nuclear war."

The administration did not clarify what would be considered a full-face veil but the move is seen as a way to control Islamist extremism.

In a flip-flop of geopolitical ties in the region of late, Russia has grown friendlier with Pakistan while the U.S. has warmed up to India.

A U.K. government-commissioned review warned that infections from drug-resistant microbes could cost the world nearly $100 trillion by 2050.

Bank lending is a crucial part of China's monetary policy as the government tells commercial banks how much to lend and when to lend each year.

Twenty-one members of the Church of Almighty God, an illegal cult in China, were given prison sentences Wednesday.