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Barcelona forward Neymar will miss at least five matches after being ruled out for up to a month with a sprained right ankle. The Brazilian, 21, had to be helped from the pitch in the first half of the Spanish...

Lionel Messi marked his first start in two months with a brace as Barcelona eased into the Copa del Rey quarter-finals after a 2-0 win at Getafe. Already leading 4-0 from the first leg, Barcelona went ahead just before half-time...

An explosive device tossed at anti-government protesters wounded 36 in central Bangkok on Friday and tension rippled through the Thai capital after several days of relative calm that had suggested the movement was running out of steam. Protest leader Suthep...

Iran has about $100 billion in foreign exchange assets around the world, of which it will be able to access $4.2 billion under last year's nuclear agreement with six world powers, a senior U.S. administration official said on Friday. The...

In recent weeks Russia has stepped up supplies of military gear to Syria, including armored vehicles, drones and guided bombs, boosting President Bashar al-Assad just as rebel infighting has weakened the insurgency against him, sources with knowledge of the...

Czech President Milos Zeman appointed center-left leader Bohuslav Sobotka prime minister on Friday, opening the way for the former finance minister to pursue looser fiscal policies and closer links with the core of Europe. The 42-year-old trained lawyer was named...

The three small parties backing Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta's coalition government threatened on Friday to bring down his administration unless they are part of an agreement on electoral reform. Italy's politicians are making a fresh attempt to reform the...

U.S. industrial output rose at its fastest clip in 3-1/2 years in the fourth quarter as factory activity closed out the year on a strong note, a sign of the economy's brightening prospects. Manufacturing production rose a stronger-than-expected 0.4 percent...

U.S. consumer sentiment slipped in its first January measure, weighed by lowered expectations among lower- and middle-income families, a survey released on Friday showed. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's preliminary reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment came in...

Morgan Stanley rolled forward its plan to reduce its risky assets as the Wall Street bank focuses on generating a higher return on equity, a measure where it lags its rivals. The bank, which reported a sharp fall in quarterly...