Belgium’s decision to buy U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets instead of a rival European aircraft “strategically goes against European interests,” French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday. Belgium announced Thursday it will purchase Lockheed Martin’s stealth jets in a multibillion-euro deal to...

Centenarian cyclist Robert Marchand donned his lycra shorts again Friday and rode cautiously around France’s indoor Velodrome National, becoming by far the oldest person to take a spin on the circuit. Marchand, who in 2012 set a world record for a 100-year-old when he cycled 24 kilometers in an...

Turkey will officially demand from Saudi Arabia the extradition of 18 suspects in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish Justice Ministry said on Friday. In a statement, the ministry said Istanbul prosecutors have prepared a requisition for 18 suspects on charges of planned...

Turkey's president spoke with the Canadian premier on the phone to discuss the case of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, presidential sources said on Friday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Justin Trudeau stressed the need to shed light on the killing and the importance of punishing the...

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker became the latest political figure to have been sent a package containing an explosive device Friday, according to the FBI. "The #FBI has confirmed an 11th package has been recovered in Florida, similar in appearance to the others, addressed to Sen. Cory...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday paid a surprise visit to Oman. “The prime minister and his wife visited Oman, where they met [Omani] Sultan Qaboos bin Said,” read a statement from Netanyahu’s office.  According to the same statement, the visit comes at...

Iraq will stop trucking crude oil from its northern Kirkuk oil field to Iran in November in order to comply with sanctions imposed on its neighbor by the United States, two sources familiar with Iraqi oil export operations said Friday. Currently, Iraq is exporting less than 30,000...

An Iranian member of parliament has called for “trying” Saudi Arabia in an international court for its alleged role in the Oct. 2 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, according to the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA).  “Saudi Arabia has shown its true face with the...

The Egyptian military on Friday conducted live-fire exercises near the Libyan border, according to a statement released by the army.  “Army Chief-of-Staff Mohamed Farid is overseeing the primary phase of the Raad 29 maneuvers, which are being conducted by an army unit in [Egypt’s]...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Saudi Arabia's chief prosecutor is set to arrive in Istanbul on Sunday to meet Turkish officials over the investigation into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Erdogan also said the perpetrators of the murder is among...

A van left the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul Friday morning after consular staff moved three suitcases and a black plastic bag to the vehicle, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter on the scene outside the consulate. The suitcases and plastic bag were moved to a van with black-tinted windows...

Actress Scarlett Johansson has reportedly rejected funding from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for an upcoming film. The actress was supposed to star in a movie about Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario, which was going to be directed by Ridley Scott. In an...

Juventus president Andrea Agnelli says he will support Cristiano Ronaldo as the forward faces a rape allegation. American Kathryn Mayorga has accused Ronaldo of sexually assaulting her in a hotel in Las Vegas in 2009, something the Portuguese has strenuously refuted. German...

Victims of sexual abuse by Chile's most infamous pedophile priest are filing a criminal complaint against a former bishop who is an adviser to Pope Francis. The complaint obtained by The Associated Press was filed Thursday against Cardinal Javier Errazuriz, the retired archbishop of the...

A top Taliban commander held in Pakistani detention for more than eight years has been freed, sources said Thursday, in an apparent move to aid tentative talks between the United States and the militant group. The release of Abdul Ghani Baradar — the former right-hand man of Taliban...

At least 18 people, mainly schoolchildren and teachers, were killed Thursday in a flash flood near Jordan's Dead Sea that happened while they were on an outing, rescuers and hospital workers said. Thirty-four people were rescued in a major operation involving police helicopters and...

Iraq will prioritize its own interests and independence when it comes to helping the United States enforce sanctions against Iran, new Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said Thursday. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from a 2015 international nuclear accord...

The eldest son of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Salah, and his family have left the Gulf kingdom after the government lifted a travel ban, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. "Salah and his family are on a plane to [Washington] DC now," Sarah Leah Whitson, the rights watchdog's...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Jewish state's president and a former minister Wednesday night of conspiring to have him toppled, triggering charges of "paranoia" ahead of elections. "I know that a former Likud minister has been holding discussions with the...

Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor said Thursday the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was premeditated, citing a joint Saudi-Turkish investigation, state media reported. Saudi officials had earlier said an internal investigation suggested Khashoggi was killed in a botched operation...