Dozens of families of victims of the Beirut port blast staged a protest near the parliament over the delay in investigations. The protesters raised pictures of their relatives who were killed in the explosion and banners with slogans condemning the delay. They also held the political...

A private security firm says a mine has exploded and damaged an oil tanker off Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea near the border with Yemen. The explosion damaged the MT Agrari, a Maltese-flagged, Greek-managed oil tanker off the coast of Shuqaiq, Saudi Arabia. Ambrey, a British firm,...

Burkina Faso's president, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, notched up a hefty lead Wednesday in results announced from more than half of the country's voting districts following weekend elections. Kabore, bidding for a second term at the helm of the troubled Sahel state, has 58.14 percent of the...

In a downbeat assessment of progress in post-Brexit trade talks, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warned Wednesday that any deal must not undermine the EU single market. "We will do all in our power to reach an agreement, we're ready to be creative," she told the European Parliament, warning...