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

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Wednesday the European Union had given Israel justification to attack Lebanon by blacklisting the armed wing of his group, and would bear responsibility for any Israeli military action.

• July 25, 2013

Russia will allow former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden papers to leave the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport.

• July 25, 2013

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

• July 24, 2013

U.S. intelligence program leaker Edward Snowden has been granted documents by Russia allowing him to leave a Moscow airport, according to Reuters and Russian news agency RIA Novosti.

• July 24, 2013

Early on, Al-Qaeda was a close-knit band of extremists with common cause, a centralized leadership, and a base from which to launch global operations.

• 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

Iran condemned on Tuesday the European Union's decision to put the armed wing of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on its terrorism blacklist and said the move was "contrary to all political and legal norms, surprising and unacceptable".

• July 23, 2013