The United States on Wednesday urged Sudan to release activists detained in a wave of protests and to allow peaceful expression, warning that better ties with Washington were on the line. The statement was the first by Washington after a month of mushrooming protests in what is widely seen...

After more than a month, the partial US government shutdown is "damaging" the world's largest economy, the head of JP Morgan Chase said Wednesday. The impasse between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over funding for a wall on the border with Mexico is hurting growth, as...

Following accusations of police violence at Yellow Vest protests, French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner announced that riot police in Paris will be equipped with body cameras to record their use of rubber bullets and other weapons. The debate about the use of rubber bullets by French...

South Korea has imported Iranian oil for the first time in six months amid U.S. sanctions on Iran, a Korean business web portal said on Wednesday. "Iranian crude oil export to South Korea has resumed six months after U.S. economic sanctions," said Business Korea. It is said that one...