The two leaders huddled together before the opening session of the Group of 20 summit in the Turkish city of Antalya.
So how did Carlos Slim become the world's richest man in a country where almost one-half the population lives in poverty?
However, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday the ceasefire would not apply to terrorist organizations such as the Islamic State.
"The walls of mistrust within Syria, within the region, within the international community are thick," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says before crucial talks in Vienna.
World leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, expressed shock and anguish over the spate of deadly violence in Paris.
The S-400 is designed to intercept advanced missiles and aircraft, neither of which is in the possession of the Islamic State group or Syrian rebels.
This is the first time ever that the IAAF has banned an entire country from international competition over doping violations.
If the Federal Reserve botches its rate hike, money will flee emerging markets, endangering companies that borrowed in dollars and curbing economic growth.
An attack by the Islamic State group targeted a Shiite funeral in the Iraqi capital, just one day after a bombing in Lebanon that killed at least 40 people.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suspended incoming EgyptAir flights following last month's attack.
Egyptian officials said they did not have the necessary equipment to analyze the sound heard on a black box recording before the crash of Metrojet flight 9268.
Global stockpiling of oil hit a 10-year peak with crude prices firmly below the $50 per barrel level this year, according to a report by the International Energy Agency.
Russia reportedly tried to block the agreement last August and threatened an embargo against Ukrainian goods.
Neither Sweden nor Finland is part of the alliance, but they have drawn steadily closer since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014.
The Russian government said it would investigate a video released by ISIS Thursday threatening its people with terror attacks and enslavement.
After passing a bill to ban anti-LGBT workplace discrimination, Ukrainian lawmakers were quick to note it would not lead to same-sex marriage.
Russian tourism companies could lose around $200 million if flights to Egypt remain suspended for several months.
Following the countries' mutual banning of flights, the move to suspend electricity imports is Ukraine's latest front in its struggle to untangle its economy from Russia's.
A court in Moscow found a former policeman guilty of selling Russian state secrets to the CIA.
The U.S. has proposed $880 million in arms sales to Europe, whose nations have increased military budgets and called for greater NATO support since Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
According to a new report, the U.S. is spending over $20 billion a year on subsidizing fossil fuels -- a 35 percent increase since President Obama took office in 2009.
Investors were relieved they did not have to wait until next year's strategy review for the writedowns and felt the new chief executive's assessment of the business was realistic.
