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Palestinians rushed to shops and banks on Thursday as a five-hour humanitarian truce agreed by Israel and Hamas came into force, hours after the Israeli military said it had fought off gunmen who infiltrated from Gaza. During the ceasefire, air...

Thailand's military rulers have given permission to former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to travel to Europe where she is expected to attend the birthday party of her brother Thaksin, also a deposed former premier, officers said on Thursday. A military...

The Philippines set to work clearing debris, reconnecting power and rebuilding flattened houses on Thursday after a typhoon swept across the country killing 38 people, with at least eight missing, rescue officials said. Typhoon Rammasun, the strongest storm to hit...

President Barack Obama imposed sanctions on some of Russia's biggest firms for the first time, striking at the heart of Vladimir Putin's powerbase by targeting companies closest to him over Moscow's failure to curb violence in Ukraine. In the latest...

Gold held above a one-month low on speculation the biggest decline this year may spur demand as holdings in the largest exchange-traded product backed by the metal expanded to the highest level since April. Bullion for immediate delivery rose as...

Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley's (MS.N) quarterly adjusted earnings more than doubled as stronger performances by its investment banking and wealth management businesses more than made up for a fall in revenue from bond trading. Net income attributable to common...

A tightening of Western sanctions on Russia rattled world markets on Thursday, sending Moscow stocks and the ruble tumbling and lifting traditional safe-haven currencies and bonds. The new U.S. sanctions announced late on Wednesday effectively shut off longer-term dollar funding...

Microsoft Corp is set to cut more than 6,000 jobs in an announcement expected early Thursday, according to sources familiar with the matter, as it trims its newly acquired Nokia phone business and reshapes itself as a cloud-computing and...

U.S.-based cable group Liberty Global (LBTYA.O) has bought BSkyB's (BSY.L) 6.4 percent stake in ITV (ITV.L), Britain's biggest free-to-air commercial broadcaster, boosting its shares on hopes of a wider bid. Billionaire John Malone's Liberty, which bought British cable operator Virgin...

Newcastle United have signed Monaco forward Emmanuel Riviere on a "long-term contract". The 24-year-old former French Under-21 player arrives for an undisclosed fee, reported to be about £5m. He becomes Newcastle's fifth signing of the summer after Remy Cabella, Ayoze Perez,...