Royal Dutch Shell said Thursday that profit after taxation almost tripled to just under $13 billion in 2017, energized by rising oil and gas prices. Net or bottom-line earnings for the full year compared with a figure of $4.6 billion in 2016, the Anglo-Dutch energy giant revealed...

Russia's main intelligence agency says it has killed a suspected member of Daesh (ISIS) who it says was plotting an attack on the country's presidential election day next month. The FSB said in a statement Thursday that the man resisted and was killed by security forces in the...

Saudi and Emirati envoys shuttled between Yemeni government forces and besieging southern separatists in second city Aden Thursday in a bid to end a tense standoff after days of deadly infighting. The Sunday assault on the embattled government's headquarters by its former allies...

A fire engulfed a group home for welfare recipients in northern Japan, killing 11 people and injuring three, police and fire officials said Thursday. Fire department officials said the residents were in their 40s to 80s, though most were elderly. The fire broke out before...