OPEC's oil output is likely to reach its highest in recent history in September, a Reuters survey found on Friday, as Iraq boosted northern exports and Libya reopened some of its main oil terminals. The increase comes despite lower output in top exporter Saudi Arabia and this week's...

Pakistan on Friday "completely rejected" India's claim to have sent troops across its disputed border in Kashmir to kill suspected militants, as India evacuated villages near the frontier amid concerns about a military escalation. In a rare public announcement of such a raid, India said it...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump deepened his attacks on a former beauty queen Alicia Machado on Friday, calling her disgusting and alleging the existence of a sex tape as he refused to back away from an issue that threatens to damage his already weak standing among women and...

Asian stocks extended losses on Friday as worries about the health of Deutsche Bank weighed on financial shares and as oil prices inched back from near-one month highs on scepticism over OPEC's new plan to curb output. European markets are also poised for sharply lower starts, with...

At least five children were burned to death when a blaze broke out in an orphanage in southern Pakistan late Thursday evening, officials confirmed. The incident occurred in Mirpurkhas district, some 200 kilometers (124 miles) from the country's commercial capital, Karachi. Mohammad...

Oil prices jumped more than 1 percent on Thursday, with Brent nearing $50 a barrel on optimism over OPEC's first planned output cut in eight years, although gains were limited as some analysts doubted the reduction would be enough to make a substantial dent in the global crude glut. The...

The United States is close to suspending talks with Russia on a ceasefire in Syria, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday, as the Kremlin vowed to press on with an assault on the city of Aleppo. Moscow and Damascus launched a campaign to recapture the rebel-held sector of...

The Sudanese government has since January repeatedly used chemical weapons against civilians in a remote region of Darfur, Amnesty International said in its latest report Thursday. The attacks reportedly came amid a large-scale military offensive launched in January 2016 by Sudanese forces...

Neither Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga nor will any Shia militia will enter the Mosul proper, as Iraqi forces prepare to retake the city, the second in command at the State Department told lawmakers Thursday. Hailing the highly anticipated offensive as the “culmination” of the counter-Daesh...

More than 100 people were injured Thursday, many critically, when a commuter train crashed into a station during the morning rush hour in Hoboken, New Jersey, officials said. At least one person was killed, according to unconfirmed reports. More than 20 ambulances scrambled to the scene...

Russia is outraged by the threatening tone of the latest U.S. statement on Syria, viewing it as tantamount to supporting terrorism, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday, according to Russian news agencies. Ryabkov was referring to a statement made by U.S. State...

Congress on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected President Barack Obama's veto of legislation allowing relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, the first veto override of his presidency, just four months before it ends. The House of Representatives voted 348-77...

Two Pakistani soldiers were killed in an exchange of fire with Indian forces across the de facto border in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Thursday, the Pakistani army said, as tension between the nuclear-armed neighbors remains high. The exchange of fire took place in the...

President Barack Obama acknowledged Wednesday that he would not deploy a game-changing force in Syria to end the brutal fighting since U.S. national security was not at stake. Obama’s comments came at a town hall conversation hosted by CNN, at a military base in Fort Lee, Virginia....

Chinese authorities said Wednesday that 27 people are missing in eastern Zhejiang province after a landslide hit a village during torrential rains related to Typhoon Megi. State news agency Xinhua cited the provincial government as saying that “several” houses and buildings were destroyed in...

Congress on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected President Barack Obama’s veto of legislation that allows the victims of terror attacks to sue foreign governments, marking Obama's first congressional override. The measure received support well beyond a two-thirds super majority to pass...

Russian or Syrian warplanes knocked two hospitals out of service in the besieged rebel sector of Aleppo on Wednesday and ground forces intensified an assault in a battle which the United Nations said had made the city worse than a slaughterhouse. Two patients died in one of the hospitals and...

At least two people were reportedly shot at a South Carolina elementary school on Wednesday. It's unclear if the victims are teachers, students or others. Police are responding to the incident at Townville Elementary School. Fox Carolina News reported that a suspect is in custody....

Philippine officials said a notorious Chinese drug lord was killed Wednesday in a riot at the national prison that injured four other inmates -- among them a convict sought as a witness in a Senate inquiry into a bloody crackdown on illegal drugs. Local media reported that Tony Co, among the...

South Korea said on Wednesday that 13 automakers will recall some 110,000 vehicles equipped with Takata Corp's (7312.T) defective air bags, the latest development in a long-running safety crisis involving the Japanese company. The United States in May announced a new round of recall of...