Reuters

So far, Farris and Dan Wilks, who made a fortune in the recent oil-and-gas drilling boom, are the biggest donors of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.

"The improvement in the economy means that it is almost impossible to justify interest rates still being at near-zero," one economist said.

"We are entering a new era of vehicle safety, focused on preventing crashes from ever occurring," U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said.

Iran agreed to accept International Atomic Energy Agency inspections of its suspect sites as part of a historic deal negotiated with the West.

Opposition parties are contesting all 89 seats in parliament for the first time since independence in 1965.

The prime minister in February survived a leadership challenge from within his Liberal Party following weeks of infighting and dismal poll numbers.

The city has seen 304 murders so far this year -- mostly involving guns and gangs -- compared with 258 for the same period last year.

The U.S. vice president was interviewed on CBS's "The Late Show" on Thursday.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up about 0.2 percent, on track for a 3 percent rise for the week.

The ex-employee of Citigroup was dismissed in November in the wake of an industry scandal that resulted in banks paying more than $10 billion in fines.

"We submitted 116 pages in 10 separate submissions," a lawyer said. "The government declared all of it classified."

"Companies must be more willing to give up their own officers or employees, not hide people's crimes," a Justice Department official said.

The United States and Israel were among eight countries that voted against the Palestinian-drafted resolution.

Moscow wants Syrian President Bashar Assad to be included in international efforts to contain Islamic State group militants who control large tracts of Syria.

"The name of the nation’s capital, Washington, should always be associated with pride, not with a moniker that mocks and insults Native Americans."

"Tackling the national rape kit backlog means addressing a women's and human rights issue that has been ignored for far too long," a New York prosecutor said.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell immediately took steps to clear the way for another vote on the matter.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald said Dublin had agreed to accept up to 2,900 more refugees than currently planned.

Islamic State used at least two car bombs in its latest assault on the air base near the city of Deir al-Zor.

The government earlier this year unveiled an initiative called "Sky Net" to better coordinate its fight to return corrupt officials.

China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own and has never renounced the use of force to bring the democratic island under its rule.

A Guatemalan judge ordered the former president on Tuesday to remain in jail while awaiting trial over a graft scandal that stoked a political crisis ahead of a presidential election.

The Obama administration planned to increase the number of refugees it takes in from Syria and sub-Saharan Africa, a source said.

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield said it learned of the cyberattack Aug. 5 from experts it had hired to perform a forensic assessment of its computer systems.

The extra staff also will help the State Department with other tasks, including grappling with a surge in Freedom of Information Act requests.

The Republican presidential candidate's proposal would include reductions that would slash income taxes for 42 million middle-class families.

"There's an overall positive trend in spite of difficulties we face," Li Keqiang said at the World Economic Forum.

An increasingly tight labor market could push the Federal Reserve closer to raising interest rates, some analysts said.

House Republicans claim Obama administration officials overreached in authorizing Treasury payments to insurers and delaying the law's employer mandate.