Reuters

White House spokesman Josh Earnest rejected Republicans’ suggestions that a money transfer to Iran was in exchange for the release of five Americans detained by Tehran.

The reform seeks to transform the country into a common market by harmonizing 11 state and central levies into a national sales tax, reducing business transaction costs.

Emirates Airline said there were 275 passengers and crew aboard the plane, a Boeing 777-300.

The bridge on the Mumbai-Goa highway reportedly buckled under the force of a swollen river.

The campaign will cover a 10-mile area that includes the area just north of downtown Miami that health officials have identified as the hub of Zika transmission in the state.

Joshua Wong, who rose to fame for forcing the Hong Kong government to shelve a pro-China education scheme in schools, appears in a video with the caption, “American-led Western power.”

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has been granted an operating license to fly its passenger rocketship with the world's first paying space tourists.

Finance Minister Andrej Babis, the country's second-richest man, founded a political movement that stormed to power in 2013.

The proposed new rules on Chinese NGOs come amid a broad crackdown by President Xi Jinping on civil society, which critics say is meant to quash dissent.

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s policy board decided to cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to an all-time low of 1.50 percent.

Cathay Pacific and Dragonair warned that none of their flights would be operating until 2 p.m. at the earliest, while hundreds of passengers were stranded at the airport.

The majority of the firm's clients are foreign investors, many of whom have been affected by the sanctions.

On Monday, official data from China pointed to a contraction in the country's manufacturing sector.

There were also widespread reports of power outages in Kabul after the blast, with electricity cut off in several areas of the city.

Yuriko Koike, Japan’s first female defense minister, beat fellow member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s party Hiroya Masuda, as well as liberal journalist Shuntaro Torigoe.

Pope was responding to a question about the killing on July 26 of an 85-year-old Roman Catholic priest in a knife-attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

Chan Ho-tin had declined to sign a controversial new form saying the city is an “inalienable” part of China.

The so-called Soberanes Fire has roared through more than 14,164 hectares of drought-parched chaparral, grass and timber in and around the Los Padres National Forest.

The changes come after more than 1,700 military personnel were dishonorably discharged this week for their role in the July 15-16 failed coup.

The doomed craft reportedly struck power lines, caught fire and plunged into a field Saturday morning.

There were no further details of the possible threat but extra security measures were implemented, including vehicle searches, at Schiphol airport.

The overnight attack came hours after clashes in the southeastern province of Hakkari between soldiers and militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party.

The so-called Soberanes Fire ignited last Friday just south of the upscale oceanside town of Carmel-by-the-Sea.

The accused gunman, identified as Jesse Michael Gomez, 52, was charged with murder and attempted murder in the case.

The U.S. stock market has been trading flat as second-quarter earnings have come in better than initially expected, but the outlook for third-quarter earnings has worsened.

Second quarter GDP grew at a lower-than-expected pace of 1.2 percent, despite strong consumer spending. Bobbi Rebell reports.

The FBI is probing the incident, while the Kremlin has denied involvement.

Islamic State's affiliated news agency AMAQ on Thursday released a video purportedly showing one of the two men who attacked a church in northern France this week urging all Muslims to destroy the country.

A drug bust in Chile has resulted in the haul of cocaine worth more than €11 million ($12 million) that was bound for Spain.