China's commodity imports jumped again in December, pushing 2016 shipments of goods from crude to iron ore to record levels and boosting expectations that lower domestic output will help prolong the months-long buying binge. For 2016, shipments of oil, iron ore, unwrought copper, copper...

Iraqi special forces pushed forward to reach a second bridge that links eastern Mosul to the city's west, which is still fully controlled by Islamic State, a military statement said on Friday. Troops further north meanwhile battled to try to seize the strategic Mosul University area, capture...

Prospective U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson better watch his mouth, angry Chinese media said Friday, warning Donald Trump's nominee that his threats to block China in the South China Sea are fighting words. The comments came after the former ExxonMobil CEO told U.S. senators that he...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A woman has been killed in regime aerial bombing on the northern countryside of Hama province, despite a fragile two-week-old truce , activists said Thursday. The strikes targeted the town of Alltamneh and the villages of al-Zallaqiyat, Qastal and Rasm al-Abed, residents...