( The Guardian )- The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, has taken a combative tone in campaigning as conservative rivals pull out all the stops to prevent him from being re-elected.  The favourite among reformists of the six candidates running for president on 19 May, Rouhani has...

Turkey Friday detained 57 people in an operation against the Istanbul stock exchange as part of the investigation into the failed July 15 coup, state media said. The 57 people were detained in six different provinces, with over 100 arrest warrants issued, the state-run Anadolu news agency...

Centrist French President elect Emmanuel Macron is open to talks with the main conservative grouping, a top aide said Friday, a day after his start-up party included a group of Socialists among his candidates for the coming parliamentary election. Macron, until last year economy minister in...

 Top finance officials from seven advanced economies have gathered to hear more about U.S. President Donald Trump's economic policies on taxation and trade as well as to look for ways to promote growth, combat terrorist financing and stop tax avoidance by major corporations. The meeting...