The Cuban government eases restrictions on loans to private borrowers in the latest measure aimed at boosting the island's troubled economy.

One million Americans will lose their unemployment benefits, after US lawmakers failed to reach a deal on an extension of the federal aid plan.

The global chemical weapons watchdog calls on Syria to "intensify its efforts" to help ship out its most dangerous chemical weapons for destruction.

A scientific mission ship, trapped in dense pack ice off East Antarctica, is still awaiting rescue after a Chinese icebreaker failed to reach it.

An Australian icebreaker is heading to East Antarctica in a new bid to free a scientific mission ship trapped in dense pack ice since Tuesday.

Preparations are under way in Lebanon for the funeral of ex-minister and opposition figure Mohamad Chatah, who died in a car bomb on Friday.

Georgian Etibar Elchev has broken his own record for carrying metal spoons on his chest and back.

A suicide bomber carried out an attack at a train station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd that killed at least 13, officials suspect.