Spain on Saturday said it will recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the president of the country if the South American country does not hold “fair” elections within eight days. “Spain’s position is clear and shared by the vast majority of the EU members: we don’t want to...

Hundreds of Palestinians on Saturday paid farewell to three people martyred by Israeli army fire in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Mourners attended the funeral of Ahmed Hamed, 16, who was shot dead by Israeli forces in Ramallah on Friday for allegedly hurling stones at soldiers....

Turkey's national flag carrier Turkish Airlines resumed its flights to the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah after the lifting of the ban that was imposed in Sept. 2017. Ali Khalil Ibrahim, an Iraqi civil aviation authority chief, said in a statement on Saturday that Turkish Airlines operated its...

Thousands of impoverished Gazans received $100 payments from Qatar on Saturday, AFP journalists said, after the Gulf emirate brought in over $9 million in aid funds for the Palestinian enclave. Hundreds of people queued at post offices in the Gaza Strip to each collect a $100 bill....

US President Donald Trump has yielded to pressure to end the longest government shutdown in US history, dropping his previous insistence on immediate funding to build a wall along the Mexican border. Friday's announcement on the bipartisan deal marked a retreat by Trump, suspending a political...

Russia and the US resisted on Friday efforts by the UN Security Council to take a tougher stand on climate change -- a day after UN chief Antonio Guterres warned of a lack of political will to fight global warming. More than 80 people including about 15 ministers -- a record according to...

A deal between Serbia and Kosovo is possible this year but cannot include border changes, Kosovo's premier Ramush Haradinaj told AFP in an interview, warning that territory swaps could revive old demons in the war-scarred Balkans. The idea that Serbia and Kosovo -- a former southern...

Thousands of Australians attended "Invasion Day" rallies across the country on Saturday calling for a rethink of national day celebrations they say are disrespectful to indigenous people. The annual January 26 Australia Day holiday commemorates the arrival of the first British settlers in...

The Pentagon said Friday it has received no orders to move any aircraft or ships to Venezuela after mass demonstrations over the country’s economic crisis led to opposition leader Juan Guaido declaring himself interim president. "A lot of people are getting spun off thinking that we're...

The 1998 Adana agreement between Turkey and Syria can help to eliminate Turkey's concerns about its security on their shared border, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. Speaking at a news conference in Rabat after meeting with his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita,...

Belgium’s foreign minister on Friday called for “credible” elections in Venezuela. Didier Reynders told the press at UN headquarters in New York that his country supports Venezuela's National Assembly, saying that a peaceful political process should precipitate elections. Opposition...

France’s Court of Cassation on Friday dismissed 500 complaints against the country’s interior minister for hindering the right to protest. Public prosecutor Francois Molins announced his decision not to prosecute Christophe Castaner for his remarks that participants in the Yellow Vest...

Turks in Austria should be included in efforts to address their needs, the head of Turkey's Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities said Friday. “We made it clear that otherwise, any solution brought forth will be decidedly against the sociology of the Turkish society living...

TUNIS: The trial reopened Friday of suspects in the deadly jihadist attack on the Tunisian capital's Bardo museum in 2015, with the hearing relayed by video to Paris for French victims' families. Several of the suspects in the attack that left 22 dead testified as the trial started in...

Emmanuel Macron's popularity has picked up from record opinion poll lows since his launch of a "great national debate" in France in a bid to prove he will take on board the fierce criticism of "yellow vest" protesters who have upended the centrist president's reform agenda. After losing 15...

Qatar said Friday it will adopt a new formula for aid to Gaza after the Palestinian enclave's rulers Hamas rejected a cash injection over alleged unacceptable Israeli conditions. The Qatari ambassador to the Gaza Strip, Mohammed al-Emadi, said that his country would now channel millions of...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will press UN Security Council members to recognize Juan Guaido as acting president of Venezuela during an upcoming crisis meeting, the State Department said Friday. The United States requested Saturday's session after it threw its support behind the...

Five people were killed when a helicopter collided with a light aircraft in the Alps in northern Italy, mountain rescue officials said. Italy's mountain rescue service reported on Twitter "a crash between a helicopter and a light aircraft" above Rutor glacier, in the Aosta Valley near...

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday suspended the country's top judge just weeks from elections, triggering condemnation from opposition parties who accused him of "an act of dictatorship" and mounting "a judicial coup". The former military ruler, 76, is seeking re-election at...

Brazilian authorities are to scrutinize the bank accounts of First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro as part of a growing scandal over suspect payments involving the president's politician son, according to media. The tax office activated the inquiry after a government financial crimes watchdog,...