Reuters

Little is known about China's aircraft carrier program, which is a state secret, although Chinese state media have hinted new vessels are being built.

India and the United States hold the so-called Malabar exercises in the Indian Ocean every year.

The expected allocation is the first for a plan that has been talked about since the early 2000s.

The rally came as Wall Street stocks jumped almost 2 percent Wednesday, which traders saw as a natural move after big falls.

Across Europe there are "incredible discrepancies in the time taken to process applications and in acceptance rates," Jean Asselborn said.

A judge also rejected defense motions calling for charges to be dropped and State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby and her office to recuse themselves.

The U.S. president will host the king Friday during the ruler's first U.S. visit since ascending to the throne in January.

Kim Davis, an elected official in Rowan County, was scheduled to appear in court Thursday on contempt charges for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.

The pair were Yemeni nationals and were returning from aid work in the far northern province of Saada.

Tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing the conflict in their homeland have descended on Turkey's Aegean coast this summer to board boats to Greece.

Protesters in Nepal's southern plains have been agitating for weeks against plans to divide the small area into several provinces, part of an overhaul envisaged under a federal constitution that politicians are now finalizing.

While the 193-nation assembly overwhelmingly approved the de facto recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine in 2012, a Palestinian attempt to secure full U.N. membership failed.

More than 38 percent of Democrats polled said they would vote for Biden in the Democratic Party nominating contest, if polling indicated that Clinton would lose to a Republican candidate.

Passengers on one train were told at one point to be very quiet and listen for the sound of people climbing on the roof.

"It's all consistent with a global economy which clearly is struggling to make any significant headway," Commerzbank economist Peter Dixon said.

The GOP has threatened to push for cutting off the group's federal support, perhaps tying that demand to several must-pass tax-and-spending measures.

Hausfeld said the Google Redress & Integrity Platform (GRIP) is aimed at those affected by alleged anti-competitive behavior by Google in Europe.

Migrants waved tickets, clapping, booing and hissing, and shouting "Germany, Germany."

Singapore goes to the polls on Sept. 11, more than a year before a deadline for the next election.

The attack targeted a paramilitary vehicle outside a government compound in the Jamrud area of the Khyber region.

As thousands of men, women and children -- many fleeing Syria's civil war -- continued to arrive from the east, authorities let thousands of undocumented people travel on towards Germany.

Chicago's ace had 12 strikeouts and only allowed one walk against the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Sunday night.

The line, under construction since 2010, will run 127 miles from Shenyang to the border city of Dandong and will shorten the train journey to just over one hour, Xinhua said.

The ministry has asked for a 2.2 percent increase in military spending to 5.09 trillion yen ($42.38 billion) for the year starting in April.

Hundreds of residents had protested demanding compensation in the wake of the blasts that killed at least 150 people at a hazardous chemicals warehouse earlier in August.

Investors also brace for economic data coming from China on Tuesday.

The Sunday tragedy follows another that occurred Thursday, in which 200 people may have perished.

Roger Federer and Andy Murray face tough early tests at the 2015 U.S. Open.

Christie said Saturday that if he wins the November 2016 presidential election, he would use a FedEx-like system to make sure visitors who enter the United States legally on visas depart the country when their time is up.