With the web of US sanctions tightening, Iran faces a host of challenges as it looks to an isolated port in the country's far southeast to maintain the flow of goods. The port in Chabahar, only about 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the Pakistan border and located on the Indian Ocean, is...

European Union lawmakers approved a copyright bill Tuesday to give writers and artists more protection of their creative rights and incomes, an intensely contentious measure that could have major trans-Atlantic implications for American technology companies. The European Parliament voted...

The United States on Tuesday imposed fresh sanctions on a network of companies and people in Iran, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates it said was helping to raise billions of dollars to fund the operations of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards. The U.S. Treasury blacklisted 25 people and...

Cristiano Ronaldo's thigh injury picked up during Portugal's 1-1 Euro 2020 qualifier draw with Serbia has sparked alarm in Italy ahead of Juventus's Champions League quarter-final tie against Ajax in two weeks' time. The 34-year-old Juve attacker hobbled off 30 minutes into Monday's...

Hundreds of Palestinians on Tuesday demonstrated in the occupied West Bank to show solidarity with Palestinians languishing in Israeli prisons. Separate demonstrations were held simultaneously in the West Bank cities of Al-Bireh, Tulkarm, Jenin and Salfit. Some protesters held photos of...

Algerian army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah on Tuesday called for the activation of a constitutional article with the aim of having 82-year-old President Abdelaziz Bouteflika deemed unfit for office. In remarks broadcast on state television, Salah cited Article 102 of Algeria’s national charter,...

The UN's special coordinator for the Middle East peace process expressed concerns Tuesday that violence in Gaza may lead to devastating consequences. "I am concerned that we may, once again, be facing another very dangerous escalation of violence in Gaza, with potentially catastrophic...

A new power outage in Venezuela forced the South American country to shut schools and public and private sectors for 24 hours Tuesday. Vice President Jorge Rodriguez announced all work and education activities will be halted for as the nation deal with the problem that is affecting most of...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani criticized U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday for recognizing the Golan Heights as part of Israel and said the move was against international law. “No one could imagine that a person in America comes and gives land of a nation to another occupying...

Bahrain, headquarters of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, plans to roll out a commercial 5G mobile network by June, partly using Huawei technology despite the United States’ concerns the Chinese telecom giant’s equipment could be used for spying. Washington has warned countries against using...

Yemenis held a mass rally in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday to mark the fourth anniversary of a war that has killed tens of thousands of people and pushed the country to the brink of starvation. It was a show of support for the Iran-aligned Houthi movement as the United Nations pushes ahead...

About 2,000 people rallied in central Algiers on Tuesday calling for the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, keeping up the pressure after weeks of protests that threaten to topple him and the ruling elite which has helped keep him in power for 20 years. Bouteflika, one of the...

Cross-border fighting between Israel and Hamas abated on Tuesday after a day of Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli air strikes, but Israel said it reserved the right to strike again and kept its forces massed at the Gaza frontier. The biggest Israeli-Palestinian escalation in months,...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said competition between the European Union and China must not lead to a breakdown in world trade systems or political isolationism, as his Chinese counterpart promised to work side-by-side with Europe. Macron, who invited German Chancellor Angela...

The European Parliament approved Tuesday a landmark copyright bill which seeks to give creative writers and artists better protection of their rights and income. However, the bill, which still needs to go to the 28 member states for approval, has faced criticism by some for stifling...

France's budget deficit fell to a 12-year low of 2.5 percent in 2018, a greater-than-expected decline achieved despite falling growth and purchasing power, national statistics agency Insee said Tuesday. The deficit was lower than the government's forecast of 2.6 percent, and came as Insee...

Russia warned on Tuesday that a decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to recognize Israel's control over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights would have negative consequences for stability in the Middle East. "Such a decision clearly has negative consequences both from the point of view of...

Hackers were able to deliver malware to the more one million-plus Asus computer owners last year by hijacking the company’s software update system, security researchers said on Monday. Moscow-based cyber security provider Kaspersky Lab said the attack took place between June and November...

 McDonald’s Corp said on Monday it would buy Israel’s Dynamic Yield, whose technology helps marketers personalize customer interactions, to boost its online marketing efforts. McDonald’s will pay more than $300 million, a person familiar with the matter said. McDonald’s said it...

Global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc will spend $3.1 billion to acquire Middle East rival Careem, buying dominance in a competitive region ahead of a hotly anticipated initial public offering.   Uber said late Monday night it would pay $1.4 billion in cash and $1.7 billion in...