Shanghai led gains across Asian markets Friday at the end of a torrid week for equities, with investors keeping a nervous eye on China-US trade talks and taking heart from positive comments Donald Trump on the prospects for a deal. There was no comment from either side after the first day...

Manchester City and Liverpool's enthralling battle for the Premier League title will come to a climax on Sunday when City visit Brighton, while Wolves travel to Anfield. Defending champions City have the upper hand as they lead by a point knowing they only have to match Liverpool's result...

Civilians in Kurdish-controlled parts of eastern Syria's Deir Ezzor province have vowed to continue protesting against fuel price hikes and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia's sale of oil to the Syrian government. Images sent to Middle East Eye showed demonstrators...

Many of them were barely school age when their parents took them to the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria. Thousands of others were born there. The children of the group’s followers are the most vulnerable of the Islamic State’s human leftovers — the remainders...