Australia's conservative government celebrated Sunday its surprise election victory that defied years of unfavorable opinion polls, with U.S. and Israeli leaders welcoming Prime Minister Scott Morrison's return to office. Australia's Liberal-led coalition has won or is leading in 74 seats...

A senior Saudi official denied the authorities posed any threat to prominent Palestinian human rights campaigner Iyad al-Baghdadi, who has said the Norwegian security services warned him of a threat against him from Saudi Arabia. “I’ve really never heard of anyone named Iyad al-Baghdadi,”...

Huawei Technologies’ founder and chief executive Ren Zhengfei said on Saturday the growth of the Chinese tech giant “may slow, but only slightly” due to recent U.S. restrictions. In remarks to the Japanese press and reported by Nikkei Asian Review, Ren reiterated that the Chinese telecom...

Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that it wants to avert war in the region but stands ready to respond with “all strength” following last week’s attacks on Saudi oil assets, telling Iran that the ball was now in its court. Riyadh has accused Tehran of ordering Tuesday’s drone strikes on two oil...

British Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday she was preparing to make a "bold offer" to MPs in one final attempt to get them to back her Brexit deal. May said that when she brings the Withdrawal Agreement Bill before parliament early next month, it will come with a new package of...

Saudi Arabia has called for urgent meetings of the regional Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab League to discuss escalating tensions in the region, the kingdom’s official news agency said on Saturday. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said King Salman had invited Gulf leaders and Arab states...

China’s senior diplomat Wang Yi told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday that recent U.S. words and actions had harmed the interests of China and its enterprises, and that Washington should show restraint, China’s foreign ministry said. Speaking to Pompeo by telephone, Wang said...

Antoine Griezmann was jeered during his last game for Atletico Madrid and Rodrigo might have scored his final goal for the club as they came from behind to draw 2-2 against Levante in La Liga on Saturday. Griezmann received whistles at the City of Valencia Stadium from the visiting fans,...

Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery bid an emotional farewell to Bayern Munich ahead of Saturday's title-deciding clash with Eintracht Frankfurt, despite starting their final home game for Bayern on the bench. Fans displayed a tifo thanking the pair for their "fight and committment for our...

wo guards were killed and four others were kidnapped early on Saturday in a suspected Daesh (ISIS) attack targeting Libya's Zella oilfield, a security source said. The attackers struck at an entrance gate to the field, which lies near the town of Zella about 760 km southwest of the capital,...

Sudanese Islamist movements said they will rally Saturday against a roadmap by protesters seeking civilian rule that makes no mention of Islamic sharia law in the country. "The main reason for the mobilization is that the alliance is ignoring the application of sharia in its deal" with the...

U.S.-allied Bahrain warned its citizens Saturday against travel to Iraq and Iran and asked those already there to return "immediately" for their safety, state news agency BNA said. The Bahrain Foreign Ministry cited, "unstable regional circumstances, dangerous developments and potential...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday he did not believe a war would break out in the region as Tehran did not want a conflict and no country had the “illusion it could confront Iran”, the state news agency IRNA reported. Tensions have escalated in recent days, with...

Exxon Mobil has evacuated all of its foreign staff from Iraq’s West Qurna 1 oilfield and is flying them out to Dubai, a senior Iraqi official and three other sources told Reuters on Saturday. Production at the oilfield was not affected by the evacuation and work is continuing normally,...

Iran has adopted new tactics and new destinations in shipping its oil exports following the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions, a senior Iranian maritime official was quoted as saying Saturday by the semi-official ILNA news agency. "The Oil Ministry's tactics in exporting oil and petroleum...

Libyan officials say Daesh (ISIS) militants have killed at least three troops in an attack on a checkpoint in a desert town. A statement by the self-styled Libyan National Army said the militants captured four soldiers in the attack at the town of Zallah Saturday, but troops were able to...

Italian far-right leader Matteo Salvini gathers Europe's disparate nationalists for a rally in Milan on Saturday, seeking to forge a united front ahead of European elections. The rally will see leaders of 12 far-right parties marching towards their hoped-for conquest of Brussels after next...

Millions of Australians voted in a general election on Saturday in which the ruling conservative coalition campaigned on its record of economic management and a resurgent Labor opposition promised action on climate change and tax reform. Voting in the eastern states closed at 6 p.m. and...

U.S. diplomats warned Saturday that commercial airliners flying over the wider Gulf faced a risk of being "misidentified" amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran. The warning relayed by U.S. diplomatic posts from the Federal Aviation Administration underlined the risks the...

emeni security officials say forces loyal to the internationally recognized government have recaptured a key district in the southern Dhale province. Officials say the fighting has killed at least 120 people from both sides since government fighters launched an offensive Friday to push out...