Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk on Thursday won the 2018 Nobel Literature Prize, which was delayed over a sexual harassment scandal, while Austrian novelist and playwright Peter Handke took the 2019 award, the Swedish Academy said. Tokarczuk, 57, considered the most talented Polish novelist of...

The Turkish lira weakened against the dollar Thursday as investors fretted about negative international reaction to a ground operation launched by Turkish troops against the Kurdish militia in northeast Syria overnight. The lira weakened to 5.88 against dollar from a close of 5.8740 a day...

Tunisia's presidential candidate Nabil Karoui was released from prison and given a hero's reception by supporters on Wednesday, four days ahead of a run-off election. Karoui, a media mogul, was detained in August before the first round of the election and has spent the entire campaign...

Indigenous-led protesters began a national strike in Ecuador on Wednesday after President Lenin Moreno refused to step down or overturn anti-austerity measures that have triggered the worst unrest in a decade. Streets were empty of traffic and businesses were closed in Quito and other...