Berlin-based airline Germania has filed for bankruptcy and cancelled all flights with immediate effect, the company said early Tuesday. The airline with 37 aircraft had flown mainly Mediterranean, North African and Middle Eastern holiday routes for German sun-seekers on package trips, and...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Tuesday for safeguards to ensure Chinese firms do not hand over private data to Beijing amid mounting security concerns over equipment made by telecoms giant Huawei. Speaking at Keio University in Tokyo, Merkel said there was a "big debate" in...

Cristiano Ronaldo's move from Real Madrid has seen Juventus's popularity rocket in China, up nearly 70 percent by one measure, as top European clubs vie for supremacy in the Asian country. The Portuguese forward has made his presence felt on the pitch, netting 17 goals in 22 Serie A games...

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's North Sumatra province early Tuesday, the country's meteorology and geophysics agency said. The quake struck at 2.29 a.m. local time (1929GMT) with the epicenter located 130 kilometers (80.8 miles) southeast of South Nias at a depth of 11...

Turkey on Tuesday strongly condemned a car bomb attack that targeted a busy shopping mall in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said: “We strongly condemn this heinous attack.” The ministry added: “We wish Allah’s mercy upon those who lost their lives,...

U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan oil company PDVSA will affect the global market negatively, the oil minister said Monday. In an interview aired by private broadcaster Televen, Manuel Quevedo, also president of the oil company, commented on U.S. sanctions imposed last week on PDVSA and its U.S....

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido made a surprise appearance via video Monday at a summit of countries called to try to find a solution to the chaos in the country. The summit, held in the Canadian capital of Ottawa, brought together the host country, the United States, several...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday nominated acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, a former fossil fuel lobbyist, to lead the department in charge of administering and conserving federal lands. If confirmed by the Senate, Bernhardt will replace former Secretary Ryan Zinke who...

Hezbollah’s secretary-general castigated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for claiming that Iran controls Lebanon's new government through his group. The new Lebanese government consists of political forces, and Hezbollah is part of this formation, Hassan Nasrallah said...

One Palestinian was martyred and one wounded when Israeli forces opened fire Monday on two Palestinians on a motorcycle close to a checkpoint in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent officials. In a statement the group said the body of the Palestinian was received by Red...

Alphabet Inc’s fourth-quarter revenue and profit beat Wall Street’s expectations on Monday but sharply higher spending, as it added data centers and marketed its services heavily during the holidays, worried investors. The company’s shares, which have risen almost 17 percent over the...

Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange is unable to access millions in digital currency following the sudden death of its founder. Quadriga has filed for creditor protection and estimates that about C$180m ($137m; £105m) in cryptocurrency coins is missing. It has not been able...

When President Trump delivers his State of the Union address on Tuesday, he can quite justifiably say that the state of the economy is good. Unemployment is low, inflation is muted and growth has continued unabated for nearly 10 years. As a college professor, I’m often drawn to giving...

Slack Technologies Inc said on Monday it had confidentially applied with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to list shares publicly, moving business messaging service a step closer to going public in what is expected to be a high-profile year for initial public offerings. Slack...

Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Canada and faces possible extradition to the United States, is exploring a defense that claims U.S. charges against her are politically motivated, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported on Monday. Meng, the chief financial officer of China’s...

Besides asking for permanent bans of the most vile Twitter users, the single most requested thing every user wants is the ability to edit tweets. I want it. You probably want it, especially if you have ever sent a tweet with an embarrassing typo (remember covfefe?) only to have to leave it...

Wall Street gained on Monday to hit session highs boosted by technology shares ahead of Alphabet’s earnings, the last FAANG stock to post quarterly results.  FAANG earnings have been a mixed bag so far, with Apple Inc and Facebook Inc posting better-than-expected quarterly results last...

Bill Gross, once the global bond market’s most influential investor and prognosticator, will retire in coming weeks from Janus Henderson Group Plc, ending an attempt to reclaim the stature he had previously enjoyed as head of the world’s largest fixed-income investing firm.  Gross, who...

Donald Trump would not commit in an interview aired on Sunday to making public the results of the special counsel’s investigation into Russia’s ties to his campaign, adding that it was time to “get rid” of the inquiry. In the interview on CBS’ Face the Nation, Mr Trump reiterated his belief...

The U.S. is currently on a path to put an end to the war in Afghanistan, and it needs to do more to follow through and bring American troops home, according to The New York Times. The Times Editorial Board said in an opinion piece the war, known otherwise as the "forever war", is now up for...