French prosecutors on Tuesday demanded that ex-prime minister Francois Fillon serve two years in jail, with another three suspended, for embezzlement over his wife’s suspected fake job as his parliamentary assistant.  The allegations that Fillon, a fiscal conservative, paid his wife...

A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Palestinian health ministry announced. Mohammed Hamayel, 15, "died as a result of being shot in the face with live ammunition by the (Israeli) occupation" during clashes in...

Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry has directed oil producer Saudi Aramco  to raise its output capacity to 13 million from 12 million barrels per day , CEO Amin Nasser said in a statement on Wednesday. “The company is exerting its maximum efforts to implement this directive as soon as...

A Pakistani F-16 fighter jet crashed in Islamabad on Wednesday in an apparent accident during a rehearsal for an upcoming military parade in the capital, officials said. There was no immediate word on the fate of the pilot or co-pilot, or details on the area the plane crashed. Footage...