German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday she was concerned about Israel's building of settlements in the occupied West Bank, which she said was undermining progress towards a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinian territories. Israel is building settlements in the occupied West...

The world's biggest smartphone maker Samsung, assailed by a shambolic recall and embroiled in South Korea's wide-ranging corruption scandal, Friday backed away from a planned corporate restructuring. Following the embarrassing recall of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone and under pressure from...

Russia said Friday that six of its soldiers had been killed while successfully repelling a militant assault on a military facility in Chechnya. The National Guard of Russia said in a statement that a group of what it called "armed bandits" had launched an attack under the cover of fog in the...

A battle against ISIS to recapture the Syrian city of Raqqa is likely to start in the coming days, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Friday. "France has always said that Raqqa was a major objective," Le Drian told CNews television station. "Today, one can say that Raqqa is...