Ukraine PM blames MH17 downing on Russian security serviceUkrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk blamed Russia's security service for last year's downing of the MH17 airliner over pro-Kremlin separatist territory in the east of the ex-Soviet state.
Facebook to test mobile app shopping tabFacebook said that it will begin testing a shopping tab for its mobile app as it works to ramp up advertising and online commerce offerings.
13 October 2015
Italian Senate to vote on own demise in coup for PM RenziItalian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was poised for a historic victory as the Senate votes to relinquish most of its power in a revolutionary move to end decades of political instability.
Japan considers pulling UNESCO funding over Nanjing rowJapan warned that it might pull funding for UNESCO to protest last week's decision to inscribe documents related to the Nanjing massacre in its Memory of the World register.
13 October 2015
EU to suspend Belarus sanctions: FranceEuropean Union nations have agreed to suspend sanctions against Belarus after elections won by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko passed off without incident.
13 October 2015
Denouncing Erdogan, Turks lay Ankara victims to restGrieving loved ones laid to rest some of the victims of the double suicide bombings in Ankara that left 97 dead, denouncing the government in the first funerals from modern Turkey's worst attack.
13 October 2015
Netanyahu vows to defeat 'knife terror' after three new attacksPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel would not bow to "knife terror" as three new stabbings in Jerusalem spread more fear among Israelis and Palestinian unrest showed little sign of slowing.
13 October 2015
France agrees to extradite Kazakh tycoon to RussiaThe French government has given the green light for the extradition of Kazakh tycoon and opposition figure Mukhtar Ablyazov to Russia, where he is accused of embezzling billions of dollars.
13 October 2015
Stuff happens: Poll lays bare Jeb Bush campaign travailsJeb Bush appears to have paid the price in the eyes of Republican voters for a number of gaffes that included him saying in the aftermath of a college massacre that "stuff happens."
12 October 2015
'The Martian' stranded atop box office"The Martian" was on a planet of its own atop the North American box office charts, taking in an estimated $37 million over the weekend.