Rail workers started a five-day strike Monday on services across southeast England, including commuter trains into London, causing major disruption on what could become the country's longest rail walk-out since 1968.

The RMT union called the strike to protest plans to downgrade the role of the conductor on Southern Trains, causing cancellations across the network.

The French economy is headed for a small rebound in the third quarter after zero growth in the previous three months, the Bank of France said Monday.

Gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by 0.3 percent in the current quarter, the central bank said, basing its estimates on a monthly survey of business leaders.

Britain's Serious Fraud Office said on Sunday it had opened a criminal probe into Airbus Group, investigating allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption.

Britain's decision to delay final approval for the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant risks cooling relations with economic powerhouse China under new prime minister Theresa May, analysts say.

Men and women harvest Merlot grapes under the scorching sun in one of Egypt's up-and-coming vineyards, as the Muslim-majority desert country strives to win over international wine connoisseurs.

Anti-globalization activists will gather in Montreal Tuesday for the first World Social Forum (WSF) to be held in the northern hemisphere, hoping the location will provide fresh impetus for the movement.

A march through downtown Montreal is to kick off the event, which was first held in Brazil in 2001 seeking to promote alternatives to neoliberalism.

Hundreds of Iraqis from the southern district of Zubair clashed with security forces Sunday when they attempted to block a road leading to oil fields during a protest.

Bitcoin, a Florida judge says, is not real money. Ironically, that could provide a boost to use of the crypto-currency which has remained in the shadows of the financial system.

Major Russian mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has abandoned its stake in a lucrative joint venture in corruption-prone Uzbekistan, the Central Asian country's communications ministry said late on Friday.

The ministry's announcement, which the company also confirmed Friday, said the state-owned Center of Radio Communication, Broadcasting and Television had become "sole owner" of the pair's joint venture after MTS sold off its 50.01 percent stake.

The U.S. economy continued robust job creation in July, adding 255,000 jobs, largely surpassing analyst expectations, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department.

The unemployment rate remained unchanged from the month before at 4.9 percent.