Authorities want to know how Rifaat Assad gained a $100 million fortune.
S&P said it believed the affected banks had sufficient capital buffers to cope with the charges.
The message follows Royal Dutch Shell's $70 billion offer to acquire rival producer BG.
Officials and aid groups also worry about the challenge of accessing remote areas of the Himalayan nation.
The U.S. sent a military aid plane to Nepal that is set to arrive with personnel, an assistance response team and 45 tons of cargo.
Rolling aftershocks and rain continue to pummel Nepal after Saturday's 7.8-magnitude quake. More than 2,500 people are dead.
Countries including the U.S., India and Singapore pledged aid workers and monetary contributions of up to $1 million.
Leaders and dignitaries from Australia, New Zealand and Turkey led thousands at dawn ceremonies on Turkey's Gallipoli peninsula on Saturday.
It's finally here: Nintendo released its second downloadable content pack for "Mario Kart 8" Thursday.
Only 7 percent of parents said they would encourage their daughters to study engineering.
Navinder Singh Sarao is fighting extradition after being indicted in the U.S. for his alleged role in the 2010 flash crash.
A top U.N. human rights official singled out a Sun newspaper column that compared migrants from Africa to cockroaches.
April 25 marks the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign -- a World War I battle that led to the deaths of over 140,000 soldiers.
Shareholders have urged the bank to consider moving its headquarters to Asia, due to a hefty UK bank tax and other London-based costs.
The official search for Flight MH370 is currently focused on an area hundreds of miles southwest of the location proposed by Andre Milne.
European leaders also called on African nations to take responsibility for the migrant crisis.
U.S. Under Secretary Wendy Sherman and Tehran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi met in Vienna on Thursday in the latest push to secure a final nuclear deal by a June 30 deadline, Iranian media said.
The German bank pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a record settlement over charges of manipulating the global interest rate benchmark.
Differently-shaped back plates suggest sexual differentiation within the Stegosaurus species, according to a new study.
Deutsche, Germany's largest lender, is among the last major banks to come to terms with authorities in the case.
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For now, the decision is an attempt at compromise on a controversial topic.