Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a rising Democratic star in the US Congress, spotlighted a report this week saying US tech behemoth Amazon paid no federal income tax for two years. The company also found itself in the headlines after suddenly pulling out of a planned New York City...

A committee tasked with drafting a new constitution for Syria should be balanced and inclusive of all Syrians, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Tuesday. Speaking to reporters ahead of his meeting with UN special envoy Geir Pedersen, Maas underlined that Germany, a member of the Small...

Lenora Lemke sits in a car packed with all her belongings, shielded from the desert sun by a large carpet that hangs over the roof. The 19-year-old tugs at the hijab that frames her pale face and tries to remember the last time she took a shower. She realizes it's been exactly 20 days since she...

Crisis-hit Japanese automaker Nissan slashed its full-year forecast Tuesday as nine-month net profit dropped 45 percent in the first earnings report since the stunning arrest of former chairman Carlos Ghosn. The firm blamed growing costs of raw materials and emerging economy foreign...