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India PM makes rock star appearance at Facebook Standing side-by-side with Mark Zuckerberg, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a rock star appearance at Facebook, advocating for the political power of social media.

28 September 2015

Pro-Kremlin party suffers rare defeat in local election Russian President Vladimir Putin's ruling party suffered a rare election defeat when its candidate for governor of the Irkutsk region of Siberia lost to a Communist candidate.

28 September 2015

Ghoulish 'Hotel Transylvania 2' haunts top of N. America box office The animated monsters from "Hotel Transylvania 2" scared up an estimated $47.5 million in their debut weekend, landing a solid lead at the top of the North American box office.

28 September 2015

Separatists win absolute majority of seats in Catalan vote: exit poll Separatists pushing to make Catalonia independent from Spain were on track to win an absolute majority of parliamentary seats in a regional election.

28 September 2015

Britain's Cameron calls for talks on Syria transition British Prime Minister David Cameron called for discussions on how to bring about political transition in Syria as he prepares to meet world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly.

28 September 2015

Brazil's Rousseff pledges 37% cut in greenhouse gas emissions Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff on Sunday promised big cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2025.

28 September 2015

Blatter, Platini risk suspension amid FIFA ethics probe The future of embattled FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his heir-apparent Michel Platini was in play, as they faced scrutiny by the football world body's ethics committee.

28 September 2015

Rouhani says ready to discuss 'plan of action' for Syria Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in an interview that he is ready to discuss a "plan of action" for Syria's post-war future after the Islamic State group is defeated.

28 September 2015

Britain's Emily Watson honoured at San Sebastian festival British actress Emily Watson, who starred in "Angela's Ashes" and "The Book Thief", was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the San Sebastian film festival in Spain.

26 September 2015

Seattle bus crash victims identified, families flown in Investigators combed through the wreckage of two buses that crashed in Seattle, as authorities released the names of the four foreign students who died in the accident.

26 September 2015

Sarkozy backs 'united Spain' amid Catalan independence bid Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy appealed for a "united Spain" in Barcelona as campaigning wrapped up for a regional election in Catalonia framed as an indirect vote on independence.

26 September 2015

Tesla boss Musk calls for 'random emission' testing Tesla chief executive Elon Musk called for fossil fuel-powered cars "to be tested at random," as German giant Volkswagen's worldwide pollution cheating scandal continues.

26 September 2015

Gates Foundation sues Petrobras, PwC over scandal The charity foundation of multi-billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates has sued Petrobras and accounting giant PwC's Brazil arm over investment losses due to corruption at the Brazilian oil giant.

26 September 2015

Russia seeks firm foothold in strategic Syria Russia has shocked the West by boosting its military presence in Syria as President Vladimir Putin seeks to not just defeat Islamic State radicals but also to gain a firm foothold in the strategic Middle Eastern country.

26 September 2015

Apple under fire for factory conditions as iPhone launches A labour rights group marked the launch of Apple's latest iPhone with a report accusing one of the smartphone giant's Chinese suppliers of exploiting factory workers.

26 September 2015

Obama criticizes China's 'problematic' rights record US President Barack Obama strongly criticized China's human rights record at a joint summit appearance with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

26 September 2015

Kazakhstan ready to accept refugees from Middle East Kazakhstan is ready to accept refugees from Middle Eastern countries.

25 September 2015

Turkish PM replaces resigned Kurdish ministers Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu appointed two new cabinet ministers to replace two Kurdish lawmakers who resigned from the interim government.

25 September 2015

Kazakh tenge per US dollar exchange rate forecast In September, the US dollar rate in Kazakhstan will fluctuate in the range of 265-295 tenge per one US dollar, according to Anna Bodrova.

25 September 2015

Golovkin to fight Cotto: Freddie Roach Miguel Cotto's coach Freddie Roach named Gennady Golovkin, the undefeated middleweight champion the world's top boxer that should fight the Puerto Rican WBC champion nex

25 September 2015