The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has ceased all assistance to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, a U.S. official said on Friday. The decision was linked to a Jan. 31 deadline set by new U.S. legislation under which foreign aid recipients would be more...

Investors piled into bonds in the past week and pulled billions of dollars from U.S. and European stocks as they sought safety in assets seen as less risky in times of economic uncertainty, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) said on Friday. The bank’s report, based on EPFR data...

Denmark's Danske Bank, caught up in a massive money laundering scandal, said Friday its 2018 earnings plunged nearly 30 percent and promised tighter controls to prevent any further regulatory lapses. Net profit came in at 15 billion kroner (2 billion euros) for the year, down 28 percent...

The number of rape and sexual offence complaints made to French police "rose sharply" in 2018, according to figures published Thursday by the interior ministry. Rape complaints increased almost 17 percent while sexual assault complaints jumped by around 20 percent, the statistics...