TUNIS (Reuters) - U.N. agencies said on Monday they were trying to provide urgent help to large numbers of migrants who had been held in the smuggling hub of Sabratha as rival factions battled for control of the city. At least 4,000 migrants, including pregnant women, newborn babies and...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon’s parliament approved contentious taxes needed to finance a public sector pay rise on Monday and Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri warned the alternative was a collapse of the Lebanese pound in six months. “Without taxes it would have been better in popular...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar was firm against a basket of currencies on Monday, hovering at a 10-week high, as surprisingly stronger U.S. wages data in September bolstered bets the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates in December. Strength on Wall Street with the Dow and Nasdaq...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street fell from record levels on Monday as gains in Microsoft (MSFT.O) and other technology stocks failed to offset a drop in General Electric (GE.N) and a slide in healthcare stocks. Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI...