Turkey has concluded that Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent journalist from Saudi Arabia, was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this week by a Saudi team sent “specifically for the murder,” two people with knowledge of the probe said Saturday. Turkish investigators believe a...

A deeply divided U.S. Senate on Saturday confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, as Republicans dismissed accusations of sexual misconduct against the conservative judge and delivered a major victory to President Donald Trump. By a vote of 50-48, the Senate gave a lifetime job...

Turkish authorities believe that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared four days ago after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, was killed inside the consulate, two Turkish sources said on Saturday. “The initial assessment of the Turkish police is that...

Cristiano Ronaldo shrugged off damaging rape allegations to score for Juventus as the Serie A champions beat Udinese 2-0 under the rain in northeastern Italy to stretch their lead at the top of Serie A on Saturday. The Portuguese forward lashed in the second goal after 37 minutes from...

Pope Francis said Saturday that silence on sexual abuse can "no longer be tolerated" as he ordered an investigation into Vatican archives concerning former archbishop of Washington Theodore McCarrick, who resigned in July. "Both abuse and its cover-up can no longer be tolerated," said...

Police say two bombs have exploded in former Daesh (ISIS) strongholds in central Iraq killing one person and wounding at least 16. The first blast occurred in the city of Fallujah west of Baghdad when a parked car exploded wounding two security men, three civilians and causing material...

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump held talks in the Egyptian capital Saturday on the final leg of a solo four-nation tour of Africa that will also see her visit the Pyramids. The low-key tour, during which she has made no comment to reporters, has contrasted with the political tumult back...

Yemeni rebels on Saturday detained dozens of students protesting in the capital Sanaa against poverty in the war-torn country, activists and witnesses said. Local activists, asking not to be named, told AFP that the Shiite Houthi movement detained at least 55 students, including 18...

Thousands of anti-coal demonstrators descended on Germany's Hambach forest Saturday, celebrating an unexpected court victory that suspended an energy company's planned razing of the woodland for a growing open-cast mine. The ancient forest near Cologne has been occupied by activists for...

Cristiano Ronaldo is ready to play for Juventus against Udinese on Saturday, despite rape claims made against him, although his coach Massimiliano Allegri admits he may be tempted to rest the embattled star. The Portuguese superstar has travelled with the Italian champions to play at Udine,...

   Dinar was lucky to survive the Indonesian quake-tsunami that levelled her home. But she didn't have much time to count her blessings -- she was nine months pregnant and about to give birth in a disaster zone. The 38-year-old confronted a terrifying scene: the city of Palu was...

Foreign direct investment in Egypt’s nonoil economy fell in the second quarter to its lowest levels since just after an IMF-backed austerity plan began nearly two years ago, a sign that more pain may lie ahead before Egyptians begin reaping benefits. Egypt is counting on new private-sector...

Tunisia's presidency Friday announced the extension of the country's state of emergency, imposed in 2015 following a series of deadly jihadist attacks. The decision to prolong the state of emergency until November 6 comes amid a tense political climate ahead of legislative and...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said that oil giant Aramco's initial public offering will go ahead by early 2021 after reports emerged the plan had been scrapped, Bloomberg reported. "I believe late 2020, early 2021," Prince Mohammed told Bloomberg in an interview published late...

Indian and Russia leaders on Friday signed the deal for five Russian S-400 Triumf missile shield systems, according to media reports, with an official statement expected later in the day. After arriving in New Delhi on Thursday for a two-day visit, Russian President Vladimir Putin met...

US sportswear giant Nike says it is "deeply concerned" by rape allegations against star client Cristiano Ronaldo while shares in his club Juventus fell almost 10 percent on the Italian stock exchange on Friday. Ronaldo's coach at Juventus, Massimiliano Allegri, said the striker is...

Dutch agents decided not to arrest four Russians accused of plotting a cyber-attack on the world's chemical weapons watchdog because it was "not a criminal inquiry", Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Friday. The Netherlands said Thursday it had immediately expelled the agents from GRU...

Russia's shadowy military intelligence has found itself thrust into an unwelcome spotlight over glaring errors that exposed its agents' alleged role in the poisoning of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and an attempt to hack into the global chemical weapons watchdog. - Salisbury...

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday threatened to escalate against Gaza-based Palestinian resistance group Hamas now that last month’s Jewish holidays have ended. "The holiday month has gone exactly as we planned -- without any confrontations or heavy losses among the...

Israel’s Jerusalem municipality has announced plans to remove the UN’s relief agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) from occupied East Jerusalem, the Israeli press has reported.  According to Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has accused the agency of...