Thousands of Iranian candidates approved to run in parliamentary elections kicked off their campaigns Thursday ahead of next week's vote, even after authorities barred thousands of others from running, mainly reformists and moderates. The Feb. 21 parliamentary elections come amid some of...

All the blazes in Australia's hard-hit state of New South Wales have been brought under control, firefighters said on Thursday, signalling the end of a "black summer" that claimed 33 lives nationwide. But heavy rains that helped extinguish the blazes that have raged along the east coast...

Oil prices were mixed on Thursday as concerns about falling demand caused by travel restrictions tied to the coronavirus outbreak in China, the world’s biggest oil importer, outweighed expectations of supply cuts from major producers. Brent crude LCOc1 fell 8 cents, or 0.1%, to $55.71 per...

Turkey's Defence Ministry said Wednesday that its forces neutralized 55 Syrian regime soldiers in northwestern Idlib province. “According to the latest information received from our sources in Idlib, 55 regime troops have been neutralized today,” the ministry said in a statement....