Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rebounded on Friday, as U.S. dollar lost more ground against other major currencies, increasing the appeal of gold as an alternative asset.

At least 18 people were killed and some 80 others injured when a suicide minibus bomber struck the government forensics building in central Baghdad on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry source said.

The U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday approved a historic overhaul of financial regulations, bringing Congress closer to passing it before July 4.

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohamed Morsi has won the presidential election, head of Egypt's Higher Presidential Election Commission (HPEC) Farouq Sultan announced on Sunday afternoon.

A powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar on Sunday left at least two dead and five missing, a government official said, after the tremor sparked panic in the central city of Mandalay.

The Philippines on Tuesday braced for the first typhoon of the year as forecasters warned of floods and possible landslides across wide swathes of the country.

At least one person died and 42 were injured after a tourist train derailed in southern Switzerland on Friday, the official swissinfo.ch news website reported.

General Secretary of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Abdullah El-Badri said here Tuesday that fossil fuels represented by oil will still hold sway in the world energy consumption in the foreseeable future.

Most of the victims were on the southern island of Mindanao, around Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro.

 Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem hopes that Tianxin City in China will continue to enhance its ties with Hai Phong City and other Vietnamese localities in maritime operations, high technologies, clean energy, and education and training.

Torrential rains and severe flooding have left 107 people dead and 59 missing in ten Chinese provinces, mostly along the Yangtze River following recent storms, state media said Tuesday.

National Rescue Party (CNRP) President Sam Rainsy

Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) has announced that Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Home Affairs and Trade and Industry S Iswaran, will make an official visit to Cambodia on July 21.

Malaysian Prime Minister Jajib Razak has stated that Malaysian authorities are determined to find out the cause of Malaysian Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 crash in Eastern Ukraine on July 17.

WB President Jim Yong Kim (Source: VNA)