World Bank official urges Lebanon to form new Cabinet within a week, says risks to its stability deeply concerning.

Honda has cut its earnings forecast after recording a 6.7% decline in net profit in the last quarter.

US-China contracts again in October despite optimism about possible deal aimed at ending tariff war that threatens global economic growth.

The planned opening of London’s new east-west railway, Crossrail, has been delayed again as costs increased by up to 650 million pounds ($832 million) Crossrail CEO Mark Wild says services will begin as “soon as is practically possible in 2021.”.

An estimated 45 million people are threatened with hunger as a severe drought is strangling wide stretches of southern Africa.

Spain: Air Europa pilot set off Amsterdam hijack alert while teaching procedures.

A French court has quashed charges of “complicity in crimes against humanity” pressed against French cement company Lafarge, but says other charges will be considered over payments made to Syrian armed forces.

Italy has given steelmaker ArcelorMittal a few days to agree to a plan to keep operating a southern Italian plant.

Russia will deliver an anti-aircraft missile system to Serbia even though the U.S. has warned of possible sanctions against the Balkan country in case of such purchases.

Worried about big job losses, Italy’s government is trying to convince steelmaker ArcelorMittal not to pull out of a deal to acquire a plant in southern Italy.