NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar share of global central banks' currency reserves was a little more than 60 percent in the second quarter of 2014, according International Monetary Fund data released on Tuesday. The greenback's share of FX ...

NAIROBI, KENYA: ICC has directed President Uhuru Kenyatta to be present in person at the status conference on 8 October 2014. The decision rules out President Uhuru's request through his lawyers to attend the conference by means of video-link pursuant ...

Kendall Jenner walked in the show. So did Gisele Bundchen. So did iconic designer Karl Lagerfeld. Kim Kardashian and North West, who sat front-row for Balenciaga and Givenchy, were not in attendance. But Kris Jenner was.

The world's wildlife population has decreased by 52% in the 43 years since 1971 because of human industry, according to the Living Planet Index. Elephant populations in Central Africa are going into decline, with deaths from poaching exceeding births.

People gather at Mongkok district during demonstrations in Hong Kong on September 30, 2014. AFP PHOTO / XAUME OLLEROS. Connect; Tweet; RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share. Agence France Presse. LONDON: British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg ...

Amal Alamuddin looked sensational in her Oscar De La Renta wedding gown when she married Hollywood star George Clooney this weekend. While George put on an all-day display in Venice, and waved to fans and paparazzi waiting to get a glimpse of the ...

PARIS (Reuters) - From Athens to Madrid and Dublin to Rome, France can count on a sympathetic hearing in several European capitals in its campaign for leniency over the latest broken promise to bring its public finances into shape. That will help it stand up ...

While the chief executive of the Afghan government Abdullah Abdullah (fourth from left) and President Ashraf Ghani (fourth from right) look on, Afghan National security adviser Hanif Atmar (at table,right) and U.S. Ambassador James Cunningham sign a ...

The Eurozone money supply as measured by the True “Austrian” Money Supply (TMS), our preferred money supply metric, was up marginally in August, the latest monthly reporting period, posting a year-over-year rate of growth of 6.0%. Though up 10o basis ...

Half of the world's wild animals have been lost in the past 40 years because of habitat destruction, hunting and deforestation, according to a report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The Living Planet report found that populations of mammals, birds, ...

BIRMINGHAM, England, Sept 30 (Reuters) - In Britain's strongest interjection yet over clashes in Hong Kong between riot police and pro-democracy protesters, finance chief George Osborne urged China to seek peace and said the former colony's prosperity ...

Afghanistan's national security adviser Mohmmad Hanif Atmar, second right, and U.S. Ambassador James Cunningham, second left, exchange documents of the Bilateral Security Agreement at a signing ceremony as Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani ...

Every year, millions of beer lovers flock to the hugely popular Oktoberfest in Germany - and yet a deeply sinister to the event has emerged after a 24-year-old British man was brutally raped there. He was urinating in the bushes on the outskirts of the Munich ...

Every year, millions of beer lovers flock to the hugely popular Oktoberfest in Germany - and yet a deeply sinister to the event has emerged after a 24-year-old British man was brutally raped there. He was urinating in the bushes on the outskirts of the Munich ...

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema addresses a crowd of supporters outside the Limpopo High Court. (Werner Beukes, Sapa). Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us your pictures · Send us your stories ...

After a weekend of star-studded celebrations George Clooney has declared that married life "feels pretty damn great". Clooney wedding. The Oscar winner and British barrister Amal Alamuddin tied the knot in Venice in a spectacle which attracted the world's ...

VATICAN CITY—. Pope Francis, who has expressed alarm over the rise of Islamic State militants and the plight of Christians in the Middle East, has summoned his envoys in the region to a rare meeting to discuss a response to the crisis, the Vatican said on ...

NAGANO, Japan — Rescue workers and relatives of those believed to have been caught up in the eruption at Mt. Ontake are anxious and disappointed by the suspension of search efforts due to fears of rising volcanic activity. For Tuesday's search operations, ...

Kenya has been newly classified a middle-income country after a statistical reassessment increased the size of its economy by 25 per cent. Anne Waiguru, planning minister, said on Tuesday that Kenya's gross domestic product stands at $53.3bn, up from ...

Kenya has been newly classified a middle-income country after a statistical reassessment increased the size of its economy by 25 per cent. Anne Waiguru, planning minister, said on Tuesday that Kenya's gross domestic product stands at $53.3bn, up from ...