The Algerian government plane that brought President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to Geneva for medical treatment last month left Algerian airspace and headed north early on Sunday, flight radar applications showed. The ailing 82-year-old Bouteflika has rarely been seen in public since suffering a...

Israeli aircraft struck Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early Sunday after a rocket from the Palestinian enclave hit the Jewish state, the army said. "Fighter jets and aircraft struck several military targets in a Hamas compound in the northern Gaza Strip in addition to two Hamas vessels,"...

Tens of thousands of "yellow vest" demonstrators marched in France Saturday, but the latest turnout figures suggest the movement is struggling to maintain momentum after nearly four months of protests. The interior ministry put turnout across France at 28,600, the lowest since the movement...

Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido on Saturday announced a nationwide march on Caracas as thousands of people took to the capital’s streets to crank up the pressure on beleaguered President Nicolas Maduro. Guaido told thousands of supporters he would embark on a tour of the country...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday called for "decisive" action by Pakistan against a militant group behind a deadly suicide attack in a border area, and said inaction by Islamabad could jeopardize relations between the neighbors. Iran's state news agency IRNA said Rouhani's...

The Italian government should not support China’s “Belt and Road” infrastructure plan, a spokesman for the White House’s group of national security advisers said on Saturday, calling it a “vanity project.” On Friday, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that he might sign an accord...

 Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido Saturday will lead a rally in the capital of Caracas to maintain pressure on President Nicolas Maduro as authorities slowly restored power after the country's worst blackout in decades. The OPEC nation was plunged into darkness on Thursday...

The owners of the Chrysler Building have reached a deal to sell the iconic New York City building for "a little more than $150 million," The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The sale price of the tower in midtown Manhattan, considered an Art Deco masterpiece, marks a significant loss...

Hundreds of “yellow vest” protesters began marches in Paris on Saturday, marking the 17th straight weekend of anti-government demonstrations despite attempts by French President Emmanuel Macron to quell discontent with a nationwide series of debates. Protesters wearing the neon...

A Strasbourg-based non-governmental organization on Saturday called for “immediate” release of the women and children in Syrian prisons “without any condition.” “We invite everyone in the world who has a conscience to speak up until the last Syrian women and children are released,” the...

Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday condemned an attempt on the life of Fatah leader Ahmed Helles in the Gaza Strip a day earlier.  Helles' vehicle came under fire by unidentified gunmen in the central Gaza Strip on Friday evening, according to Fatah group.  The Fatah leader...

India said Saturday that it was returning a key diplomat to Pakistan's capital amid an easing of tensions between the nuclear neighbors, but also demanded that its archrival take concrete steps against terrorists operating from its territory. India's high commissioner to Pakistan was to...

Forces from eastern Libya who have swept through the south and taken control of remaining oilfields in recent weeks have now reinforced a base in the center of the country and signaled to the capital Tripoli that it may be next. The United Nations, stunned by the southern advance, is...

Italy’s coalition government frayed further on Friday over the stalled high-speed rail line to France, with the League insisting it go ahead and the 5-Star Movement refusing to fund the next phase until the whole deal is renegotiated. With a Monday deadline looming for contract bids to go...

Israeli forces said Saturday they had launched several strikes against Hamas sites in Gaza in response to a projectile launched from the besieged coastal territory the night before. "IDF fighter jets and aircraft struck several military targets in a Hamas compound in the southern Gaza Strip...

Senator Elizabeth Warren vowed on Friday to break up Amazon, Google and Facebook if elected U.S. president to promote competition in the technology sector. Seeking to stand out in a crowded field vying to be the Democratic candidate for president in 2020, Warren said at a campaign event in...

Demonstrations in France, sit-ins near the Eiffel Tower and a flashmob at Charles de Gaulle airport: the Yellow Vests are organising a weekend of new types of protest for their act 17 to try to combat falling numbers. This comes before what protestors are calling the Ultimatum on March 16,...

The United States accused the Palestinians on Friday of manufacturing a crisis by rejecting the first 2019 monthly tax transfer from Israel because it slashed a portion designated for financial support to families of militants jailed in Israel. The United Nations Security Council met behind...

Colombia will allow Venezuelans to cross the border using expired passports in view of the difficulty of renewing travel documents in the neighboring country in the midst of its economic crisis, the migration agency said on Friday. More than 1.2 million Venezuelans fleeing widespread food...

India and Pakistan have retreated from the brink of possible war but an information conflict still rages over their tit-for-tat air strikes and an aerial dogfight between the nuclear-armed arch rivals. A suicide bombing on February 14 killed 40 troops and was the deadliest attack in Kashmir...