German exports to Iran have dwindled since the United States pulled out of the international nuclear deal with Tehran, data showed Friday, despite Berlin's attempts to shield companies from renewed U.S. sanctions against Tehran. Data from the Association of German Banks (BdB) showed...

Turkey denied Friday giving "any kind of audio tape" from the investigation into the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's Istanbul consulate to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo or any American official. "It is out of the question for Turkey to give any kind of...

With the US economy continuing to fire on all pistons sales by Swedish lorry maker Volvo Group rose by nearly a third in North America in the latest quarter. With overall sales up by a fifth, Volvo Group's net profit leapt by 38.6 percent to 7.46 billion kronor (720 million euros, $825...

More than 40 lawmakers on Thursday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act on those responsible for a missing Saudi journalist's murder. "If your immediate investigation and determination are consistent with...

Saudi Arabia is considering putting the blame for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on an intelligence officer who is close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the New York Times reported Thursday. Sources told the Times rulers in the kingdom are planning to pin fault on Gen....

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he presumes journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead and that the U.S. response to Saudi Arabia will likely be "very severe" but that he still wanted to get to the bottom of what exactly happened. In Istanbul, Turkish investigators for a second time...

The U.S. on Thursday changed the status of its consulate in Jerusalem, placing it under the authority of Washington's embassy in Jerusalem. The consulate for years served as the de facto embassy to the Palestinians, representing the U.S. in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said the citizens of many former Soviet Republics regretted the collapse of the USSR, which he described as a "great state". People in the former republics "interpret it in their own way, but all the same they believe that life in the Soviet...

Gen. Abdul Razeq, one of Afghanistan’s most powerful security officials, was killed on Thursday when a bodyguard opened fire following a meeting in the governor’s compound in the southern province of Kandahar, officials said. Gen. Scott Miller, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan who...

Britain and Spain have agreed that any disagreements over Gibraltar will not delay Brexit talks with the European Union, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Thursday. The Spanish leader did not say what the deal involved but told reporters at an EU summit in Brussels: "It is...

The United States Thursday offered a $5 million reward to find Al-Qaeda leader Khalid Batarfi, who urged worldwide attacks on Jews and Americans after Washington recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The Saudi-born Batarfi is a veteran of the militant fighters who backed the Taliban...

Senior ministers from Britain, France and the Netherlands on Thursday pulled out of a major investment conference in Saudi Arabia, expressing deep concern over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The ministers joined a slew of corporate bigwigs who are now shunning...

Inside a dark, low-ceilinged room once frequented by Picasso and Modigliani when they were still struggling artists, a group of tourists from Russia, Canada and Australia are listening to traditional French songs. This is the Lapin Agile, a small house surrounded by acacia trees which...

Theresa May knew even before she got to Brussels that she wouldn't be invited to dinner with her European opposite numbers, who wanted to discuss her Brexit plan without her. But the British premier can't have known, as she returned to the British residence, that she'd also miss out...

Ukraine's parliament on Thursday voted to hand over a landmark Kiev church to the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate after it agreed to recognise the independence of Ukraine's Orthodox Church. The move is seen as a step towards the Constantinople Patriarchate granting independence to the...

Vietnam said Thursday it will ratify a sprawling Pacific trade pact that US President Donald Trump pulled out of last year, calling the deal a "disgrace" for American jobs. The 11 remaining countries agreed to push ahead with a watered-down version without the world's largest economy,...

British Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed Thursday she was considering extending the transition period after Brexit for a few months to give time to agree a new trade deal with the European Union. "A further idea that has emerged, and it is an idea at this stage, is to create an...

The Dutch finance minister has scrapped plans to attend a conference in Saudi Arabia due to concerns over the disappearance of a dissident journalist, news agency ANP reported on Thursday. Wopka Hoekstra will not attend next week's meetings in Riyadh after journalist Jamal Khashoggi...

South Korean progressives are criticizing their government for rejecting a plea for refugee status by nearly 400 asylum seekers from war-ravaged Yemen whose arrival on the southern resort island of Jeju earlier this year triggered an anti-immigration uproar. Justice Party spokesman Choi...

Turkish investigators searched the Saudi consulate in Istanbul overnight as part of a probe into Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance, while U.S. President Donald Trump said he did not want to abandon his Saudi ally over the missing journalist. The crime scene team left the Saudi consulate...