U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in August amid weak purchases of automobiles and a range of other goods, pointing to cooling domestic demand that further diminishes expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate increase next week. Other data on Thursday showed the labor market...

An international group of female activists has set sail from Barcelona to the Gaza Strip as part of the latest attempt to end the Israeli blockade. Around 20 women from a range of countries were given a warm farewell by cheering crowds including Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau on Wednesday...

Moncef al-Marzouki, former president of Tunisia and leader of the Harak Tounes al-Irada party, has criticized a private television channel’s decision not to broadcast an interview recently conducted with him. On his official Facebook page, al-Marzouki said the broadcast of the interview --...

Turkey and Russia’s top generals met in Ankara on Thursday, a Turkish military source said. Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and Gen. Valery Gerasimov held a closed-door meeting following a ceremony at the General Staff Headquarters in Ankara, the source said on condition of...