The dog days of summer have lived up to their sleepy reputation this year as far as U.S. stocks are concerned, but market gyrations could soon pick up as a traditionally more volatile time of year looms. The S&P 500 index's 1-month realized volatility, a measure of market choppiness over...

Thailand’s revered 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej -- the world’s longest reigning monarch -- is being treated for “a severe infection” and doctors have removed water from his lungs, according to the Royal Household. The Bangkok Post reported Saturday that a statement from the...

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe arrived at the capital's main airport from abroad on Saturday, according to a Reuters witness, following intense rumors that he was gravely ill and had sought medical help in Dubai. Mugabe, 92 and Africa's oldest leader, looked jovial as he disembarked in...

Eight members of Turkey's security forces and 11 militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed in clashes overnight in southeast Turkey, security sources said Saturday. The fighting, in Van province near the border with Iran, followed a day of violence across the...