President Muhammadu Buhari’s office on Monday defended the arrests of senior judges as part of Nigeria’s campaign against corruption. At least four and as many as seven judges from the country’s highest courts were arrested over the weekend by the Department for State Security (DSS),...

Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Monday that OPEC needs to ensure it does not crimp oil supply too tightly and give the market a harmful shock, and said he was optimistic a production deal could be reached by November. Speaking at the World Energy Congress in Istanbul,...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Monday that President Francois Hollande will take into account the situation in Syria's Aleppo when deciding whether to see his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin when he visits Paris on Oct. 19 Ayrault also told France Inter radio that he...

A 22-year-old Syrian suspected of planning a bomb attack in Germany has been arrested, police said Monday. Jaber al-Bakr was captured in the eastern city of Leipzig on Sunday night, Saxony state police said on Twitter. Police launched a massive manhunt Saturday after finding several...