Rescuers recovered at least 162 bodies from a migrant shipwreck off Egypt's coast by Friday evening, as the search for victims entered its third day. Survivors have said up to 450 migrants were on board the overcrowded fishing vessel that was heading to Italy from Egypt when it keeled over...

The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said on Friday that the Kabul government's peace deal with warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was an "encouraging" step that would bring a long-time belligerent into reconciliation with the government. Army General John Nicholson told reporters at the...

Goldman Sachs (GS.N) is cutting almost 30 percent of its 300 investment banking jobs in Asia outside Japan in response to a slowdown in activity in the region, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Wall Street bank is reducing the number of bankers working on mergers and...

The National Alliance for Reform, which includes candidates from Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood group, won 15 parliamentary seats in Tuesday polls, according to semi-final results announced late Thursday by Jordan’s official electoral commission. Another three seats, meanwhile, were won by...