Asian and European stocks climbed as much as two percent on Thursday, following the announcement of 200 billion euro stimulus plan unveiled for Europe, and a significant rate cut by China.
China has postponed a summit with the European Union next week over a visit to Europe by the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, the EU said in a statement on Wednesday.
The 105-48 vote in the UN General Assembly's human rights committee was the second year in a row nations have urged a global moratorium on the death penalty.
Residents in the European Union's wealthier nations live in good health up to 14 years longer than their more recent EU neighbours to the east, according to a major study published on Monday.
Israel indicated on Thursday that it hoped a truce in the Gaza Strip will hold despite a flare-up of violence in and around the besieged Palestinian territory in recent days.
A group of European lawmakers said on Tuesday they will petition the European Union to suspend a preferential trade agreement with Israel because of what they described as its "cruel" blockade of Gaza.
The summit of 20 economic powers in Washington this weekend must send a "clear signal" of determination to complete the Doha round of trade talks.
The European Union formally launched on Monday an anti-piracy security operation off the coast of Somalia.
An international summit next week in Washington should mark only the beginning of a global revamp of the financial order, EU leaders agreed on Friday, calling for a second meeting in early spring.
Iran's state television says the European Union's foreign policy chief has proposed holding more talks over Iran's nuclear program.
Finance ministers from the European Union countries have ruled out a joint stimulus package to save the real economy but called for better coordination.
The global financial crisis is pushing the whole European Union into recession, official forecasts said on Monday as South Korea unveiled its own $8.5 billion stimulus package against the turmoil.
European leaders are set to gather in Brussels on November 7 to try and agree to a consensus ahead of a global financial summit to address reforms to international financial institutions.
The European Union was wrong to keep the assets of the People's Mujahedin of Iran frozen despite the Iranian group being taken off a British list of terrorist organizations, the EU's court ruled on Thursday.
The European Union issued Mauritania's military junta with an ultimatum on Monday, unveil a plan to restore constitutional rule in the west African country within a month or face "appropriate measures".
The European Union has announced a grant of $4.71 million for Bihar flood victims, EUAsia News reported on Friday.
European Union leaders fought growing pressure on Thursday to roll back their climate change plans, standing by their targets and timetable for the package as the financial crisis bites.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Wednesday for the International Monetary Fund to be rebuilt in the wake of the global financial crisis.
EU leaders will try to show at a crunch summit starting on Wednesday that they have finally brought the financial crisis under control, eager to revive flagging confidence in shell-shocked banks.
The European Union on Monday temporarily lifted a travel ban on the president of Belarus, a country regarded as Europe's last dictatorship, as relations start to thaw. The decision was made by the 27 EU foreign ministers at a meeting in Luxembourg.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates emphasised that Washington would oppose any partition of Kosovo following its declaration of independence as he made a landmark visit to Pristina on Tuesday.
The European Union said on Tuesday that it will raise its minimum bank deposit guarantee to 50,000 euro ($68,160) as they agreed on guidelines to deal with banks in danger of collapse amid the global financial crisis.
European leaders have invited India to join in an emergency global summit on rebuilding the world's financial system.- The leaders of Europe's four main economic powers held crisis talks on the global financial meltdown on Saturday, brushing aside a dispute that killed off talk of a joint bailout package.
The EU on Wednesday approved in record time Britain's nationalization of troubled financier Bradford and Bingley, the country's eighth biggest mortgage lender.
