Oil prices are expected to fall below $80 per barrel as OPEC members are increasingly expected to keep taps open until the cartel meets in late November

Mobs clash with pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong’s business district

13 Oct 2014

US, UK regulators to conduct war games to simulate bank failures

11 Oct 2014

Bank of England reveals details of contingency plan over Scotland’s possible “Yes” vote

11 Oct 2014

WHO warns of more Ebola deaths as toll rises to over 4,000

11 Oct 2014

With one death in the US, one seriously ill and several new cases coming up each day in Spain, the outbreak of ebola in the western world has raised concerns about a global contagion

UK to send extra troops, aircraft and naval vessel to help counter Ebola

09 Oct 2014

UK’s first new N-power plant Hinkley Point C gets EU backing: report

09 Oct 2014

Indian visitors to get joint UK-Irish visa from November

07 Oct 2014

ISIS closes in on Kobani as Turkey warns town’s fall imminent

07 Oct 2014

Exxon's West African drilling plans hit by Ebola outbreak

06 Oct 2014

Koreas end diplomatic freeze, hold high-level talks

04 Oct 2014

The thaw was aided by what the North Korean side said South Korea’s support to its athletes at the Asian Games

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