Reuters

The Communist Party's People's Daily repeated familiar threats against Taiwan the day after the historic summit.

"I really want change," says one citizen of the Southeast Asian country. "I've been alive for 53 years and all I've seen is dictatorship."

The chain of Indian Ocean islands has been plunged into political turmoil since the Sept. 28 explosion on the presidential launch as it was about to dock in Male.

Coalition jets conducted six airstrikes around Sinjar in northwestern Iraq, destroying Islamic State fighting positions, machine guns, weapons caches and mortar positions.

The walkouts began after Lufthansa and the cabin-crew union failed to reach an agreement in a long-running row over early-retirement benefits and pensions.

The Algeria-backed Polisario Front seeks independence and a United Nations mission was formed more than 20 years ago ahead of an expected referendum on Western Sahara's political future.

Walls of water filled with mining waste cascaded downhill when the dams burst on Thursday, engulfing the village of Bento Rodrigues and its 600 residents.

President Vladimir Putin ordered a flight suspension Friday, a possible sign Russia is attaching more credence to the theory a bomb brought down a Russian passenger jet in Egypt a week ago.

Lieutenant General Charles Brown said that the lull in September and October was due to weather and a slowdown in activity, and not due to the start of Russian airstrikes.

China has overlapping claims with Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei in the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year.

Prime Minister Juha Sipila had in a surprise statement on Thursday threatened to break up his government after only five months in power.

The 1921 Martin Act, used to prosecute large-scale fraud and other offenses, is now being evoked against the oil giant.

Several signs point to solid performance by the business sector as it heads into its strongest sales season.

Knowledge of the flaws is valuable to both hackers and intelligence personnel, with the National Security Agency among the most interested parties.

The move comes after President Barack Obama pledged in September to admit an additional 10,000 refugees in 2016 from war-torn Syria.

United Auto Workers leaders are likely to approve the proposed deal Monday, with a ratification vote by rank-and-file members to follow.

It was a rare heavy Russian bombardment targeting Islamic State rather than other insurgent groups.

The health of the U.S. jobs market is one of the key factors in the Fed's thinking over a December rate hike that has aided the dollar's strength.

China is not among the 12 Pacific-Rim countries which last month agreed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.

Mahathir Mohamad has criticized Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is currently under pressure over a graft scandal.

Pfizer and Allergan said last week that they were in friendly merger talks to create what would be the world's biggest drug company.

"We've entered the new phase, a new normal with slower growth, and that changes the business dynamic," Ford's point man in China said.

The Senate could pass the revised bill as soon as next week, despite calls for changes in its Guantanamo Bay closure provisions.

The biggest issue to win was $1.6 billion for a Dallas school district, while the biggest to lose was $287 million for a courthouse project in Travis County, Texas.

The move comes as a federal agency faces criticism for being slow to act against defective GM ignition switches and Takata air-bag inflators.

Strong players in the video-game market, including Take-Two, have the capital to expand and consolidate, the company's CEO said.

Lawmakers approved a bill designed to improve on previous legislation for the calculation of pensions and force Greece to comply with EU energy efficiency rules.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged down about 0.1 percent, though it remained on track for a 1 percent weekly rise.

"I accept full responsibility for my actions and am deeply sorry for what I've done," Rohit Bansal said at a plea hearing.