Volkswagen to negotiate settlement in Brazil rights caseVolkswagen will negotiate a settlement with Brazilian justice officials for allegedly allowing the torture and detention of employees opposed to Brazil's former military dictatorship.
Hollande: Chinese support on climate change 'essential'French President Francois Hollande said Monday that Chinese support was "essential" to reaching an effective deal at the forthcoming climate change conference in Paris, as he began a visit to the Asian giant.
02 November 2015
US Speaker Ryan won't work with Obama on immigrationFresh off his election as speaker of the House of Representatives, US Congressman Paul Ryan refused to cooperate with President Barack Obama on immigration, ruling out any reform before 2017.
02 November 2015
Ukraine leader says arrest of oligarch ally just 'the start'Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned that the arrest of a millionaire associate of one of the country's most powerful oligarchs was only "the start" of a fight against the corruption plaguing the ex-Soviet country.
Erdogan: Turkey's 'Sultan' wins againPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan rose from humble beginnings to become Turkey's most powerful politician since Ataturk.
Russia mourns victims of crashed Egypt planeThe flight had been bringing holidaymakers back to Saint Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, when it disappeared off radar screens while over the Sinai peninsula.
Investigators probe deadly Russian plane crash in EgyptInternational investigators have begun probing why a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in a mountainous area of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing everyone on board in one of the deadliest Airbus incidents of the past decade.
01 November 2015
Clinton archives reveal AIDS fund chief pushed out in 2012A series of recently released emails by former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton contradict the official motive given for Michel Kazatchkine leaving his top post at The Global Fund to Fight AIDS in 2012.
Samsung unveils $10bn share buyback with Q3 profit surgeSouth Korea's Samsung Electronics pulled out of an extended earnings dive, reporting a nearly 30 percent surge in third-quarter net profit and announcing a $10 billion share buyback.
29 October 2015
India's Modi urges 'comprehensive' climate dealIndia's Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Thursday for a "comprehensive and concrete" agreement on climate change in December, as he addressed African leaders at a major summit in New Delhi.