English football club Crystal Palace confirmed the signing of former Chelsea defender Gary Cahill on late Monday. Cahill signed a two-year contract, the club said in a tweet. "Looking forward to the new adventure and challenge. I can’t wait to get started!" Cahill tweeted. “I’m...

 Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said they launched air strikes early Tuesday against an airbase in third city Misrata held by government loyalists. "Our air force carried out several raids against the Misrata airbase, targeting anti-air defences as well as a Turkish...

 Aid groups have slammed the Arab coalition for its closure of the airport in Yemen's capital, saying it's prevented thousands of sick civilians from traveling abroad for urgent medical treatment. The Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE say the Sanaa airport's three-year closure has...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he's absolutely convinced the U.S. will remain in the military alliance and it has made no preparations for an unlikely U.S. withdrawal because doing so would send a signal that it could happen. Stoltenberg made the comments in an interview while...

Iran unveiled three precision-guided missiles Tuesday, with the defense minister saying they show the country is ready to defend itself in the face of U.S. "viciousness and conspiracies." The new line-up of air-to-air missiles dubbed the "Yasin", "Balaban" and a new series of the "Ghaem"...

China warned Hong Kong protesters Tuesday that "those who play with fire will perish by it," adding the immense strength of the central government should not be underestimated. The comments represent one of the strongest-worded warnings yet from China's central government over protests in...

Forces of the eastern Libyan National Army (LNA) loyal to Khalifa Haftar struck Misrata’s air college early on Tuesday, a military source and resident said. Misrata is a coastal city that lies to the west of the capital Tripoli and is regarded the main base of the Western Libya forces loyal...

China’s Ministry of Commerce confirmed Monday that Chinese companies have stopped purchasing U.S. agricultural products after President Donald Trump threatened to impose new tariffs. The move comes after Trump threatened to slap 10% tariffs on $300 billion worth of Chinese imports from...

Four multilateral organizations joined officials from the African Union on Monday in Rwanda’s capital Kigali for the signing of a deal to formalize their commitment to jointly working toward addressing food and nutrition security on the continent. They comprised the World Bank, the UN Food...

The U.S. on Monday designated China a “currency manipulator”, according to a statement from the Treasury secretary. “Secretary [Steve] Mnuchin, under the auspices of President Trump, has today determined that China is a Currency Manipulator,” said the statement. The statement came amid...

The United States and the Taliban have resolved differences in peace talks over U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, as well as over insurgent guarantees on cutting ties with other extremist groups, a Taliban official said Tuesday. The development came during U.S.-Taliban talks over the...

 Britain is "ready and willing" to do a Brexit deal with the European Union, a senior government source said on Tuesday, after a newspaper reported that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was aiming for a no-deal Brexit. "We want a deal. It's sad that they don't want to negotiate with us,"...

Canadian manufacturing group Bombardier announced on Monday it had signed a multi-billion dollar agreement to build two automated monorail lines in Egypt's notoriously congested capital Cairo. The $4.5 billion (4 billion euro) agreement, which was signed with Egypt's National Authority for...

President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a freeze on all Venezuelan government assets in the United States and barred transactions with its authorities, in Washington's latest move against President Nicolas Maduro. Trump took the step "in light of the continued usurpation of power by...

North Korea continued to ramp up its weapons demonstrations by firing two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea Tuesday while lashing out at the United States and South Korea for continuing military exercises. North Korea's fourth round of weapons launches in less than two...

Anett Kontaveit spoiled Maria Sharapova's return from injury Monday, rallying to beat the five-time Grand Slam champion 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the WTA tournament in Toronto. Sharapova, competing for the first time since retiring from her first-round match at Wimbledon, appeared to be on course...

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Tehran favours talks with Washington but the United States must first lift sanctions it imposed on the Islamic republic. "The Islamic Republic of Iran favours talks and negotiations and, if the US really wants to talk, before anything...

Despairing of the corpses and debris littering the streets, many Iraqis have left their homes in areas liberated from Islamic State two years ago and voluntarily returned to the displacement camps that housed them during and after the fighting. The militants seized large swathes of the...

U.S. intermediate-range missiles will not be deployed in Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, after the United States revealed ambitions to site missiles in the Asia-Pacific region. Officials from both governments held talks in Sydney over the weekend that ended with a...

Saudi officials have hailed as “historic” new rights granted to women in Saudi Arabia that further dismantle its heavily criticized guardianship system, but male relatives could still find ways to thwart these freedoms. Thousands of Saudi women took to social media to celebrate royal...