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Football: Gianni Infantino re-elected FIFA president

Gianni Infantino has been re-elected president of FIFA for another four years, the international football governing body said on Wednesday.  Infantino, 49, was the only candidate for the post during the 69th ordinary congress held in Paris, FIFA said on Twitter. In February 2016,...

Chinese importers to apply for tariff waivers on US goods

Chinese importers are preparing applications for waivers on import tariffs levied on more than 700 U.S. goods in the Sino-U.S. trade war, after the finance ministry said it would start taking submissions. The Ministry of Finance last week posted a list of goods for which waivers could be...

Malta navy rescues 271 migrants from Mediterranean

 Malta's navy said Wednesday that it had rescued a total of 271 migrants from the Mediterranean in three separate operations. The navy rescued 63 migrants in distress after their dinghy started to take in water overnight, a statement said. A patrol boat rescued another 61 migrants...

Iran leader condemns US Mideast plan as 'great betrayal'

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday slammed a US Middle East peace plan as a "great betrayal of the Islamic world", and warned Gulf rivals not to back it. Washington is gearing up to roll out economic aspects of its long-awaited plan for peace between the Israelis and...