Hong Kong and Kazakhstan on Wednesday joined the growing list of nations barring Boeing 737 MAX from flying over their airspace with immediate effect in the wake of a deadly plane crash in Ethiopia last Sunday. The Civil Aviation Department (CAD) of Hong Kong -- a semi-autonomous Chinese...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a "dictator" and "a joke" in the latest exchange of insults between the two leaders. Turkey on Tuesday denounced Netanyahu's "blatant racism" after he called Israel the nation-state of...

Around 3,000 Islamic State members have surrendered from the group's last holdout in Syria, Kurdish-led forces said Tuesday, as air raids and shelling resumed after a brief lull. A ragged tent encampment in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz is all that remains of a once-sprawling IS...

Venezuelan officials reported blackouts easing in some areas Tuesday, as the chief prosecutor said opposition leader Juan Guaido is being investigated for allegedly sabotaging the national power grid, whose collapse has inflicted misery on millions. The announcement by Tarek William Saab,...