The British government will set out in the coming week how it plans to shape its relationship with the European Union upon leaving the bloc, Prime Minister Theresa May said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. Since taking office in July, May and her Brexit minister David Davis have given...

An EU ruling that Apple Inc must pay a huge tax bill to Ireland was clearly based on facts and existing rules and was not a decision aimed against the United States, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Sunday. Ireland to appeal EU Apple tax ruling Last week,...

HOUSTON — Of all oddities, college football revealed on Saturday that money isn’t everything. Who knew. Certainly, money remained popular, and people spoke of money, as with the mass speculation about Big 12 expansion. Why, at halftime of Oklahoma vs. Houston at NRG Stadium, Houston Athletic...

China and the United States on Sunday committed anew to refrain from competitive currency devaluations, and China said it would continue an orderly transition to a market-oriented exchange rate for the yuan CNY=CFXS. A joint "fact sheet", issued a day after U.S. President Barack Obama and...

Politics and religion combined on Sunday to halt much of Israel's train service at the start of its working week. Bowing to demands by ultra-Orthodox partners in the governing coalition, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered rail maintenance suspended on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath -...

Thousands of civil servants loyal to firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr went on strike on Sunday in the latest sign of escalation against the Iraqi government.  On Friday, the Shia cleric urged employees -- except for security forces -- to stage a two-day strike on Sunday to pressure...

Emmanuel Macron, who resigned from the French government on Tuesday, criticized President Francois Hollande's government in a newspaper interview for not pushing hard enough for reforms. "I kept trying, proposing, pushing ... If you want to succeed you cannot leave work half done, and...

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday bilateral talks with China's Xi Jinping had been "extremely productive", as world leaders gathered for a G20 summit expected to address sluggish global economic growth and the looming specter of protectionism. Some G20 leaders have already begun...

Turkish warplanes hit 10 Kurdish militant targets in Turkey's southeast and east overnight, the state-run Anadolu Agency said Sunday, citing security sources. The airstrikes capped one of the most violent single days of fighting in the largely Kurdish southeast in recent years. The military...

The EU failed to show Turkey the support it needed during the July 15 defeated coup, a senior Turkish official said Saturday.  “Stronger support should have been given,” Turkish EU minister and Chief Negotiator Omer Celik said in Bratislava, Slovakia, during a news conference following...

Iraq’s firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called on civil servants to go on strike in a new escalation against the Iraqi government. In a statement on Friday, al-Sadr urged employees -- except for security forces -- to stage a strike on Sunday and Monday to pressure Prime...

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel on Saturday became the latest European politician to voice doubts over the possibility of the EU agreeing a major new trade deal with the United States, saying in a newspaper interview that negotiations might have to be abandoned for now. "This treaty...

Turkish tanks crossed into northern Syria from Kilis province on Saturday and howitzers pounded Islamic State positions in the area, Dogan news agency said, marking Turkey's second incursion in an operation aimed at sweeping militants from its borders. The tanks crossed the frontier near the...

Iraq’s former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi believes that the Iraqi parliament is incapable of playing its regulatory and legislative roles. In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Allawi said recent graft accusations against the parliament speaker and withdrawal of confidence from the...

Turkey's European Union Affairs Minister Omer Celik said on Saturday his meeting with the bloc's 28 foreign ministers had resulted in a "very strong consensus" that they should work more closely after ties soured over a failed coup in Ankara. Celik, speaking via translation, expressed...

SIRTE, Libya: Forces loyal to Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) said Saturday they have launched a new attack on diehards of ISIS in the coastal city of Sirte. "We are attacking the last ISIS positions in district three," a GNA fighter told AFP. The GNA forces media center...

South Korean President Park Geun-hye called on Russia and other major global players on Saturday to increase pressure on North Korea to abandon its nuclear program which could open the road for cooperation with Pyongyang. "If we cannot prevent (North Korea's) development of nuclear weapons,...

Turkey and China signed three agreements covering nuclear security, energy and agricultural health certification Saturday during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit ahead of the G20 summit in the coastal Chinese city of Hangzhou. Erdogan and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held...

The dog days of summer have lived up to their sleepy reputation this year as far as U.S. stocks are concerned, but market gyrations could soon pick up as a traditionally more volatile time of year looms. The S&P 500 index's 1-month realized volatility, a measure of market choppiness over...

Thailand’s revered 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej -- the world’s longest reigning monarch -- is being treated for “a severe infection” and doctors have removed water from his lungs, according to the Royal Household. The Bangkok Post reported Saturday that a statement from the bureau...