World shares saw their biggest jump in over a month on Monday and the dollar slipped, after weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs figures gave investors another excuse to push back Federal Reserve interest rate rise expectations. European shares touched a four-month high led by mining and oil firms...

At least 13 people were killed and scores injured in two car bombings in regime-held areas in Syria on Monday, according to local media.  A car-bomb hit the Arzouna bridge area at the entrance to the north-western coastal city of Tartous, killing 11 people and injuring 45 others, the...

Atlantic storm Hermine, which has killed two people, lurked off the middle of the U.S. East Coast late on Sunday while threatening to regain hurricane strength, after having spared the region the brunt of its wind, rain and tidal surge. Forecasters warned swimmers and boaters to avoid the...

A series of bomb blasts targeted government-held areas of Syria on Monday, killing at least five people, state media in Damascus said. At least five people were killed on Monday in a double bombing in Syria's government-held Tartus province, state television said. "Two terrorist blasts on...