... * Proposal to ban buying new debt, shares in state-owned banks. * EU adds 15 individuals, 18 entities to sanctions list. * EU paper says action would deepen Russian market uncertainty. * Bank sanctions would deal serious blow to economy -analysts (Adds ...

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Lawyers for a convicted double-murderer whose lethal injection in Arizona dragged on for two hours, while witnesses watched him gasping for breath and attorneys scrambled to halt the process, have called for an outside review of the ...

TEL AVIV, July 24 (Reuters) - US Airways said on Thursday it would be resuming flights to and from Israel after canceling its nonstop service two days ago due to fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza. Asked whether flights would be resumed ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's fast-growing mobile advertising business helped drive a 61 percent increase in revenue during the second quarter, beating Wall Street's financial targets and sending shares to a record-high in after-hours trading ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's fast-growing mobile advertising business helped drive a 61 percent increase in revenue during the second quarter, beating Wall Street's financial targets and sending shares to a record-high in after-hours trading ...

ZURICH, July 22 (Reuters) - Credit Suisse's chief executive said on Tuesday he does not believe the bank will suffer materially from a wide-ranging probe into foreign exchange trading by global securities regulators. The Swiss bank's Chief Executive Brady ...

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel kept up its assaults in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing a Palestinian man in an air strike, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the region with a mission to seek a ceasefire in the 14-day-old conflict "as soon as ...

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli forces on Saturday pressed ahead with a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinian militants kept firing rockets deep into Israel's heartland, pushing the death toll past 300 in almost two weeks of conflict.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's reshuffle of its senior ranks underscores the Internet company's evolving business ambitions, analysts say. Three years after co-founder Larry Page took the reins back as chief executive officer, his team of lieutenants ...

... * Gold posts largest one-day pct gain in a month. * US crude up 2 pct on stockpile drop, Russia tensions. * Palladium at 13-1/2 year highs, wheat up 2.5 pct. By Barani Krishnan. NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - Gold prices jumped their most in a month on ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of the European Investment Bank said on Thursday his institute would not provide projects in Russia with funding that had been planned for this year and the coming years now that European leaders have expanded their ...

LONDON (Reuters) - New U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia for its actions in Ukraine will make it more difficult for Russian companies to refinance existing international loans and has dashed hopes that Russia's syndicated loan market is reopening, bankers ...

... * Raiffeisen, Metro fall after sanctions on Russia. * FTSEurofirst 300 down 0.4 pct. * Fiat rises on media report of Volkswagen bid interest. * Banco Espirito Santo back down on ratings cuts. By Sudip Kar-Gupta. LONDON, July 17 (Reuters) - European stock ...

... * Raiffeisen, Metro fall after sanctions on Russia. * FTSEurofirst 300 down 0.4 pct. * Fiat rises on media report of Volkswagen bid interest. * Banco Espirito Santo back down on ratings cuts. By Sudip Kar-Gupta. LONDON, July 17 (Reuters) - European stock ...

HANOI, July 16 (Reuters) - Vietnam on Wednesday demanded that China avoid sending any oil rigs into its territory, after one of the Asian giant's oil rigs finished drilling near the disputed Paracel islands in the South China Sea and was moved towards a ...

MANILA, July 15 (Reuters) - The Philippines evacuated eastern coastal areas, suspended ferry services and closed schools in parts of the main Luzon island on Tuesday as the strongest storm to hit the country since Typhoon Haiyan last year charted a direct ...

KIEV, July 14 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday Russian military staff officers were fighting against Ukrainian forces alongside separatist rebels and a new Russian missile system was being used on the separatist side.

EDINBURGH, July 11 (Reuters) - European shares edged higher on Friday, stabilising after steep falls in the previous session but with sentiment still cautious as Portugal's biggest bank attempted to reassure investors after trading in its shares was suspended ...

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday he hoped to be able to find a solution to Afghanistan's disputed election but cautioned "we can't say that's an automatic at this point". "We are at a very, very critical moment for Afghanistan," ...

(Recasts lead, adds detail, background). By Laura Noonan and Axel Bugge. LISBON/LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - Losses on loans to the troubled business empire of its founding family will not put Banco Espirito Santo at risk of running short of capital, the ...