Euro zone officials have approved the transfer of 4 billion euros ($5.3 billion) of funding to Greece and euro zone governments are expected to approve disbursement by Monday, the European Commission said on Friday.

• July 26, 2013

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is holding talks with Indian leaders after arriving for a four-day visit

• July 24, 2013

China must deepen reforms to address a slew of challenges confronting it, President Xi Jinping said in comments published on Tuesday that emphasize the government's determination to restructure the slowing economy.

• July 23, 2013

The Syrian deputy prime minister says Russia and Syria are discussing the possibility of Moscow giving a loan to Damascus.

• July 22, 2013

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc won a decisive election victory on Sunday, cementing his grip on power but raising the possibility he could lose interest in difficult economic reform and shift focus to his nationalist agenda instead.

• July 21, 2013

As China pushes an aggressive expansion of nuclear power it is running into a major stumbling block - a breakdown of trust, post-Fukushima, in official assurances of public safety.

• July 19, 2013

Detroit has become the largest US city ever to file for bankruptcy, with debts of at least $18bn (£12bn).

• July 19, 2013

Three prominent Iranian economists have called for the creation of a "civil movement" against U.S.-led sanctions that have been imposed on Tehran over its nuclear program.

• July 18, 2013