The European Commission on Friday extended anti-dumping duties on steel ropes and cables from China for another five years. In a statement, the commission said that anti-dumping duties of 60.4 percent have been in place since 1999 and this was the third expiry review, extending measures...

Russian president Vladimir Putin is "ready for a meeting" with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. Moscow's chief diplomat added that such a summit was not currently being discussed but the Kremlin hopes that a meeting at the White House would...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday criticized OPEC for output reductions that have helped raise oil prices and said the action would not be tolerated, as oil prices appeared set for a second consecutive week of gains. "Looks like OPEC is at it again. With record amounts of Oil all...

Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in Gaza Strip: medics

 German police have detained a Porsche manager in a probe into the diesel emissions cheating scandal hanging over the luxury car brand's parent company Volkswagen. Porsche chief Oliver "Blume informed the workforce that the prosecutor of Stuttgart has taken a manager into custody",...

A group of EU lawmakers Friday urged the bloc's leaders to boycott this year's football World Cup in Russia to protest over Moscow's "mockery of European values". The 60 MEPs said all European Union countries should follow the lead of Britain and non-EU member Iceland in refusing to...

North and South Korea installed the first-ever telephone hotline between their leaders Friday as they prepare for a rare summit next week aimed at resolving the nuclear standoff with Pyongyang. South Korea's presidential office said a successful test call was conducted on the hotline...

U.S. President Donald Trump invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to the United States during a phone call, and said he would be glad to see Putin in the White House, RIA Novosti reported on Friday, citing the Russian Foreign Ministry. The news agency quoted Foreign Minister...

The Qatari Navy on Thursday took part in joint naval drills with the British Royal Navy in Qatari territorial waters, Qatar’s Defense Ministry said in a statement. The drills were conducted within the framework of “longstanding defense cooperation between the two friendly countries with...

A U.S. ambassador says his country is maintaining a "maximum pressure campaign" to convince North Korea to denuclearize even as Washington prepares a summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. Robert Wood, the top U.S. envoy to the U.N.-hosted Conference on Disarmament, says...

A media group agreed to release an ex-Playboy model from a deal that stopped her from discussing an alleged affair with US President Donald Trump, both sides confirmed Wednesday. The deal was reached between American Media Inc., which owns tabloid magazine The National Enquirer, and...

The leaders of Germany and France meet on Thursday to try to work out a common position on reforming the euro zone, a sensitive issue that is testing the new government in Berlin just a month after it took office. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who hosts President Emmanuel Macron for the...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah hopes to stay clear at the top of the scoring charts to claim this season's Premier League Golden Boot award, the Egypt international adding that his team mates were eager to help him achieve the goal. The 25-year-old has scored 30 goals in 32 league...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issues a veiled warning to Iran, saying his country will defend itself against anyone that tries to harm it. The premier's remarks at a Memorial Day ceremony on Wednesday come amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran over an alleged Israeli...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday announced early presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24. Speaking at a news conference at the presidential complex following a meeting with opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) head Devlet Bahceli, Erdogan said: “Turkey’s...

The trade war between China and the U.S. is not likely to have a disruptive impact, according to top economists. "There is a low probability of disruptive trade war," Mickey Levy, chief economist for Americas and Asia at ‎Berenberg Capital Markets, told Anadolu Agency. Levy...

Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami on Wednesday arrived in Iraqi capital Baghdad for a visit not publicized in advance. An Iraqi army major-general told Anadolu Agency that Hatami planned to stay in Iraq for two days. “An official reception attended by Iraqi Defense Minister...

More than 500 children were released from armed groups in South Sudan since the start of 2018, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. According to a statement issued by the UNICEF, at least 207 children were freed by armed groups in South Sudan on Tuesday. “This was the...

Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has caused the problem of the Irish border and Britain will have to solve it, the head of the European Council said on Wednesday. Donald Tusk said EU leaders agreed at last month’s Brussels summit on terms for a post-Brexit transition...

Iraqi courts have sentenced to death a total of more than 300 people, including dozens of foreigners, for belonging to Daesh (ISIS), judicial sources said Wednesday. The suspects are being tried by two courts, one near the former extremist stronghold of Mosul in northern Iraq and...