The 27-year-old fired eight aces to prevail 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 in one hour 43 minutes to record her first ever win over Vekic in their fourth head-to-head meeting. "It's great to be here. It was a great week and I hope to come back here next year to defend my title," Bertens said after her...

Augsburg's Icelandic striker Alfred Finnbogason scored a treble and had a fourth ruled out for offside as he led his team to a crucial 3-0 win over Mainz 05 on Sunday. Finnbogason put his side ahead in the eighth minute, converting a penalty after Mainz defender Daniel Brosinski's...

A 50-year-old man has been killed in a light aircraft crash in Belcham Walter, England, British police said Sunday. The police had been contacted around 11:50 local time about the crash, a statement from Essex police said. Emergency services earlier said they were called after a...

The U.S.-led coalition combatting Daesh terrorists in Syria hit a regime post on Sunday and wounded two soldiers. Colonel Sean Ryan told the U.S. media that the coalition forces were fired by a regime post stationed in the western bank of the Euphrates River. The coalition forces...

A few days ago, ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit newsroom, discovered that a tool it was using to track political advertising on Facebook had been quietly disabled — by Facebook. The browser extension had detected political ad campaigns and gathered details on the ads’ target audiences....

Nissan announced Sunday it has cancelled plans to make its X-Trail SUV in the UK — a sharp blow to British Prime Minister Theresa May, who fought to have the model built in northern England as she sought to shore up confidence in the British economy after it leaves the European Union....

France warned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro that a deadline to organise elections ran out Sunday night and that Paris was preparing to recognise his opponent, Juan Guaido. France, Germany and Spain have given Maduro until midnight on Sunday to call a presidential election. The...

Turkey’s foreign minister said on Sunday countries which have recognized Venezuela’s self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido were fueling Venezuela’s troubles and punishing millions of its people. Turkey has backed Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in contrast with NATO allies the...

Syrian state media, citing a military source, said U.S.-led coalition jets hit a Syrian army position near the battle front against Islamic State pocket late on Saturday, causing damage and injuries. A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, which is fighting a last Islamic State pocket east...

The Venezuelan president on Sunday said that the U.S. wanted to go back to the 20th century where the natural resources of a country were exploited through Washington-backed coups. Nicolas Maduro spoke to Spanish La Sexta channel and commented on the U.S. attitude, EU ultimatum and the...

The deputy chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has warned Europe against forcing the Islamic Republic into boosting the range of its missiles by trying to halt their development. "If the Europeans, or anyone else, want to conspire to disarm Iran of missiles, we will be forced to make a...

On a rooftop near the front line with the Islamic State group's collapsing caliphate in eastern Syria, a US-backed fighter and his comrades sip tea as they await orders to restart the battle. The Syrian Democratic Forces halted their ground assault on IS's final shreds of territory last...

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she will be "armed with a fresh mandate and new ideas" when she meets European Union negotiators over her Brexit deal. EU officials have insisted that the deal -- rejected by British lawmakers -- is not open for renegotiation. But May...

Congo opposition leader Martin Fayulu pronounced his first speech during a rally on Saturday since losing a disputed election, rejecting any outreach by the new president, Félix Tshisekedi, and calling for “peaceful resistance”. Fayulu told thousands of supporters who gathered in the...

President Emmanuel Macron, whose popularity plummeted to an all-time low after a proposed fuel tax rise sparked the nationwide Yellow Vest movement, is considering a strategy coup in the form of a referendum, French media reported on Sunday. According to French weekly Journal du Dimanche...

The Israeli Defense Ministry on Sunday announced it has begun building the overground part of barrier around the blockaded Gaza Strip.  The Defense Ministry, in a statement said, the construction started on Thursday.  “The barrier will be 65 kilometers long and will be...

Egypt's largest bloc in parliament, Support Egypt Coalition, on Sunday submitted a request to the assembly to amend the country's constitution, according to the official MENA news agency.  Abdelhadi al-Qasabi, head of the bloc which holds 317 seats in the 596-member assembly, lodged...

Venezuela’s envoy to the UN told Anadolu Agency that the people of his country were prepared to resist a possible U.S. military intervention. “We are totally prepared for any military aggression by a foreign country,” said Ambassador Jorge Valero, the permanent representative of Venezuela...

Police in Belgium arrested a third suspect for killing a person in a shooting in the city of Antwerp, local media said on Sunday. According to French-language daily Le Soir, one person died and two others were injured on Saturday when a gunman opened fire in front of a cafe on Brederode...

Saudi authorities will hold a trial session on Sunday for jailed cleric Sheikh Salman al-Ouda, according to his defense lawyer.  "We have no idea about the reason behind holding this [trial] session," Francois Zimeray said in a statement cited by Arab media.  He said Saudi...