Hungary's parliament adopted a law compelling banks to pay compensation to borrowers hit by past interest rate hikes on loans deemed unfair by authorities.
25 September 2014 11:05
Barbra Streisand showed a posse of hot young talent how it's done when her latest album "Partners" entered the Billboard 200 chart at number one.
25 September 2014 09:55
September 30 President Vladimir Putin of Russia is to pay a working visit to Kazakhstan.
24 September 2014 16:15
The best place to eat in Milan during fashion week is not in one of the city's multi-starred restaurants.
24 September 2014 15:31
Doctors have given a clean bill of health to Nepal's Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, following successful radiotherapy for lung cancer.
24 September 2014 15:24
A corruption and influence-peddling investigation launched in July against former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been suspended.
24 September 2014 15:20
Starbucks is to take full ownership of its Japanese operations at a cost of more than $900 million.
24 September 2014 15:11
South Korea's Samsung launched the latest version of its oversized Galaxy Note smartphone earlier than expected.
24 September 2014 15:06
In a Moscow supermarket, the dairy section is piled with imported yoghurts -- unlike the empty shelves in many other shops in the Russian capital.
24 September 2014 14:57
Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian was over the moon when she won a 50,000-euro prize from a French foundation.
24 September 2014 14:51
Microsoft put its spin on Google's Chromecast with a device that lets people mirror what's on Windows-powered tablets or smartphones on their television screens.
24 September 2014 14:44
India is on course to become the first nation to reach Mars on its first attempt.
24 September 2014 14:33
A prominent academic from China's mostly-Muslim Uighur minority was jailed for life Tuesday for "separatism".
24 September 2014 14:06
Pro-Russian rebels defiantly announced they will stage their own elections in just six weeks, raising the stakes in a standoff with Kiev.
24 September 2014 13:28
Veteran British DJ Dave Lee Travis was found guilty of groping a female television personality in 1995, following a high-profile trial.
24 September 2014 13:24
Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and former Al-Qaeda spokesman was jailed for life after a US judge warned he remained a deadly threat to American citizens.
24 September 2014 12:24
A simple breath test may one day show whether someone has a strain of tuberculosis that will respond to a frontline antibiotic, or a drug-resistant type.
24 September 2014 12:14
French President told Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani during a meeting at UN headquarters that "every support" was required to find political solutions.
24 September 2014 11:49
Labour Party opposition leader Ed Miliband laid out his pitch to become Britain's next prime minister.
24 September 2014 11:24
US Presiden urged all nations including emerging economies to act against climate change, warning that time was running out to prevent further damage.
24 September 2014 11:05