Reuters

South Korea’s central bank said trade in the isolated North is expected to worsen this year with international sanctions against the country likely to grow heavier.

The resignation marks a swift downfall for Roger Ailes, who advised several U.S. Republican presidents and turned Fox News into the most-watched U.S. cable news channel.

JPMorgan would reportedly likely admit that its hiring practices violated a U.S. law prohibiting giving something of value in exchange for business.

The arrest of Lin Zuluan is the latest move on the core group of Wukan village protest leaders from 2011 whose calls for an uprising attracted global attention.

The ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport will be considered by the International Olympic Committee, which will announce its final decision within the next week.

Departing founder and CEO Roger Ailes' successor faces the twin challenges of retaining on-air stars and making the network attractive to younger viewers.

Australia’s Oil Search has cleared the way for ExxonMobil to take over InterOil for $2.2 billion, giving the U.S. giant access to a rich new gas field to expand its exports from Papua New Guinea.

The Department of Justice approval for the $107 billion deal comes with a number of stipulations and is notable after the regulatory authority derailed several potential mergers over antitrust concerns.

The move is geared toward focusing on negotiating the country's exit from the European Union.

Pavel Sheremet of the investigative newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda was driving to work in the car of the paper’s owner when it was blown up.

The airstrikes, following an attempted coup in Ankara last week, killed 20 militants, broadcaster NTV said.

The new and growing cloud business is one of the priorities for CEO Satya Nadella, who took the helm of the world’s largest software company in early 2014.

The U.S. vice president dismissed concerns that Republican nominee Donald Trump would abandon Barack Obama’s strategy for Asia-Pacific if he were to defeat Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

In response to a spate of attacks on police, President Barack Obama wrote an open letter thanking law enforcement officials for their "courageous service."

A poll reports that 63 percent of Brazilians think the Olympics will bring more costs than benefits.

Russia's participation remains in the balance after the International Olympic Committee said it would 'explore legal options' for banning Russia over doping.

The bank, like other Wall Street firms, has been focusing on cutting costs amid concerns about slowing growth.

The Swedish truckmaker reported better than expected second-quarter earnings as cost cuts and rising European sales helped fortify it against slumping U.S. demand.

Indian authorities have imposed a curfew in Muslim-majority Kashmir to control the worst outbreak of violence there in six years.

Shares slipped Tuesday as a downturn in crude oil curbed the enthusiasm on Wall Street.

The U.S. military said it detected launches of what it believed were two Scud missiles and one Rodong, a home-grown missile based on Soviet-era Scud technology.

The internet company also announced a $482 million write-down on the value of Tumblr, the social media service that it acquired in 2013 for $1.1 billion.

"Once the problem was racial discrimination, now it's religious discrimination," says a resident of Ariane, a poor, Muslim suburb of Nice.

Donald Trump, who often says he only likes winners, has admitted he does have at least one particular loss.

The U.S. secretary of state said after meeting EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday that the cooperation was as intense now as it has ever been.

ExxonMobil has made a bid worth at least $2.2 billion for InterOil and its stake in a rich Papua New Guinea gasfield, topping an offer from Australia's Oil Search.

Buoyant economic data released Friday from the U.S. and China, the world’s two biggest economies, also supported oil prices.

The latest effort to improve discipline amid a corruption crackdown especially targets leaders in local anti-graft bodies.

Three Baton Rouge police officers are killed by a gunman in an ambush. At least one suspect is dead.