At least 50 people were killed in multiple blasts and sporadic gunfire in and around a prominent mosque in Nigeria's northwestern Kano State as Muslims observed Friday prayers, an emergency official has said. "I cannot tell you at the moment how many people died in total, but...

(Reuters) - Three people including an army general were killed and at least 26 wounded on Friday in a drive-by shooting and violence that erupted at Islamist protests around Egypt , security sources and health officials said. Police were out in force for the demonstrations,...

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia blocked calls on Thursday from poorer members of the OPEC oil exporter group for production cuts to arrest a slide in global prices, sending benchmark crude plunging to a fresh four-year low. Brent oil fell more than $6 to $71.25 a barrel after OPEC...

(Reuters) - France warned on Friday it would recognize a Palestinian state if a final international effort to overcome the impasse between Israelis and Palestinians failed, and proposed a two-year timeframe to end the conflict through a U.N.-backed resolution. Lawmakers...