Libya held rare municipal elections in nine communities on Saturday, although turnout in the country’s first voting for five years reached only about 38 percent. The North African state, which has been mired in conflict and chaos since the 2011 toppling of Muammar Gaddafi, has not held...

Venezuela mostly recovered on Saturday the electricity after a third power outage in a month. The South American country was again plunged into darkness on Friday evening and most of the capital Caracas gained the service back in the early hours of Saturday, while most of the other affected...

French "yellow vests" demonstrators Saturday staged their 20th week of anti-government protests despite bans in hotspot areas, as banks called for an end to violence against branches, cash machines and personnel. Police had struggled two weeks earlier to contain violence by highly-organised...

Members of the Saudi team that killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi received training in the United States, the Washington Post has reported, revealing other new elements in the death of the newspaper's former contributor. A critic of the Saudi regime, Khashoggi was killed and dismembered...