UNITED STATES

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the United States for five days.

Survey data from Harvard offers clues about why economic inequality isn't a bigger issue in the midterm elections.

Germany’s military has a few problems.

Most Americans said they felt the U.S. would eventually use ground troops against ISIS in Syria or Iraq.

A new study shows companies are delaying the release of "good news" to maximize CEO compensation from selling shares.

The Sept. 27 event raised funds for activists groups that are fighting to block the Canada-to-Texas pipeline.

California Governor Jerry Brown signs the "Yes Means Yes" bill to redefine sexual consent on American campuses.

“They killed only civilians there, workers at the site. There was no ISIS inside,” a Syrian Observatory for Human Rights official said.

A recent analysis of gender representation in films shows the U.S. trailing many foreign markets in the amount of screen time given to women.

Personal spending and incomes increased in August on the strength of job gains.

The EU will release results this week of its probe into whether the Irish government allowed improper tax breaks for Apple.

The "experiential space," a few blocks from rival Apple's store, will be Microsoft's first-ever flagship.

Newly inaugurated president of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai is expected to sign the deal Tuesday.

Pioneer Natural Resources says shipments from its Eagle Ford shale site could reach 50,000 bpd in 2015.

Vadodara is a major city in the western Indian state of Gujarat, of which Prime Minister Narendra Modi was chief minister.

The Islamic State is a little more than a mile away from Baghdad, calling the effectiveness of U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq into question.

Britain's FCA was reportedly talking to UBS and five other banks about a possible settlement worth hundreds of millions of pounds.

A roundup of all the nationwide retailers offering free or heavily discounted coffee on National Coffee Day.

Syria's army also carried out air raids in Aleppo province overnight, as well as in Hama in western Syria.

The changes to UBS's legal structure will not affect its strategy, the bank said.

Ashraf Ghani's swearing-in is expected to mark an end to the political gridlock gripping Afghanistan since the elections in June.