Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Tuesday that talks among OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers in Algiers this week are consultative, casting doubt on the chances of any policy decision during the meeting. He also said he was optimistic about the oil market. "We are...

At least nine people were killed, mostly women, in a spate of attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday, according to a local police officer. Unidentified gunmen broke into a house east of Baghdad and shot dead a man and four women, officer Yasser al-Mustafa told Anadolu Agency. The...

Philippine police revealed Tuesday the seizure of millions of pesos worth of high-powered firearms intended to be transported from Manila to the country’s troubled south for the Abu Sayyaf militant group. National police chief Dir. Gen. Ronald dela Rosa presented the 6 million-peso...

Samsung Electronics Co (005930.KS) said on Tuesday it has got back more than 60 percent of recalled Galaxy Note 7 smartphones sold in South Korea and the United States, suggesting it is making progress in its attempts to recover from the crisis. In a statement, Samsung said it was focused on...

South Korean search efforts continued Tuesday for three helicopter crew members who went missing a day earlier during a naval drill with the United States. Their chopper crashed close to 9 p.m. (1200GMT) in waters around 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of the peninsula, where allied vessels...

Running as an anti-establishment candidate, Donald Trump took the presidential debate stage on Monday night to hammer home his call for sweeping political change and try to win over millions of undecided voters. But the Republican nominee seemed unable to capitalize on his opportunity in...

Student protests against tuition fee hikes intensified Monday across South Africa with protesters burning a university residence and clashing with police. University of KwaZulu-Natal spokesman, Lesiba Seshoka confirmed in a statement that protesters had set fire to a reception area of a...

U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Monday visited a container city, which shelters Syrian refugees in Turkey's southeastern Gaziantep province. The governor of the Nizip district of Gaziantep, Harun Sarifakioglu told Johnson that Turkey had provided for all the needs of Syrian refugees,...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry defended his efforts to negotiate with Moscow over the war in Syria on Monday, despite the collapse of a ceasefire that has led to a massive Russian-backed assault on the besieged rebel-held sector of Aleppo. Medical supplies were running out in eastern...

The United States said on Monday it had sanctioned a Chinese industrial machinery and equipment wholesaler, a new step in tightening the financial noose around North Korea's nuclear program after its fifth nuclear test this month. The U.S. Treasury said it was sanctioning Dandong Hongxiang...

Ankara has asked German authorities to find, arrest and hand over two high-profile Gulenists accused of plotting to overthrow the Turkish government. The Turkish embassy in Berlin recently sent a diplomatic note to the German Foreign Ministry and demanded an investigation be launched on the...

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane denied on Monday there was a rift between him and Cristiano Ronaldo after the team's talisman appeared to react angrily to being substituted in Saturday's 2-2 draw at Las Palmas. Ronaldo's response to being taken off in the 72nd minute of the game has been...

BlackBerry Ltd Chief Executive John Chen said on Monday he was two-thirds of the way toward achieving his goal of turning the Canadian technology company's fortunes around. "We have made investment over a billion-plus, all in software, all in security, and now we need to execute it," Chen...

The U.S. saw a moderate bump in violent crime in 2015, but that was far short of recent highs, according to an annual FBI report released Monday. That marks the first uptick in violent crime in three years. The bureau said violent crime rose 3.9 percent year on year, but that figure is...

Jordan and Israel have signed an agreement allowing Jordan’s National Electricity Company to purchase natural gas from Israel’s Leviathan gas-field, Israeli public radio reported Monday. "With this deal, Israel will supply Jordan with about 45 billion cubic meters of gas -- worth a total of...

The French capital's city council voted Monday in favor of banning cars along the right bank of the Seine River as part of an effort to reduce air pollution. Mayor Anne Hidalgo welcomed the “historic decision” as “the end of an urban motorway and the taking back of the Seine". A...

A policeman and an Al-Qaeda leader were both killed in clashes in Yemen’s southern Abyan province, according to a statement issued Monday by police in Aden, which currently serves as the country’s provisional capital. "Security forces raided the village of Lodar [in Abyan] where they clashed...

Eight soldiers and 25 Boko Haram fighters were killed in two separate encounters in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state on Sunday as government troops intensified operations to clear the insurgency from the region, according to the military. In the first incident, army spokesman Sani Usman...

At least six people were killed -- including an army officer -- in separate acts of violence throughout Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday, a security source told Anadolu Agency. An unidentified sniper opened fire on soldiers manning a security checkpoint in the city’s southern Al-Dora area,...

At least 28 people were killed and over 30 injured in clashes between Congolese security forces and an unidentified militia group, officials said late Sunday. Eight members of the security forces, 14 militiamen and six civilians were killed in Saturday’s fighting, Congolese Interior Minister...