Global GDP is expected to grow this year by 3.1 percent before rising to 3.4 percent next year, estimates that are unchanged from July.

The surge in new arrivals means at least 142,000 migrants have reached Italy since the start of the year and around 3,100 have died.

To suppress the rival’s attack, Karabakh troops took retaliatory measures to continue controlling the situation on the contact line.

Shortly after Santos announced he was extending the cease-fire, rebel leader Timochenko tweeted: "And after that the war continues?"

Yahoo complied with a U.S. government demand, scanning hundreds of millions of accounts at the behest of the National Security Agency or FBI.

The official was responsible for sourcing medical supplies for a clinic in Pyongyang that caters to the North Korean leader and his family.