Much of Venezuela plunged into darkness Thursday evening, creating chaos as people struggled to navigate their way home amid what appeared to be one of the biggest blackouts yet in a country where power failures have become common. Commuters took to the sidewalks in Caracas after subway...

The Chinese government’s top diplomat, State Councilor Wang Yi, said on Friday that China supports Huawei Technologies’ bid for legal redress in the United States, adding that Chinese companies should use “legal weapons” and not be “silent lambs”. The Chinese telecoms equipment...

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is expected to appoint long-time ally Mohammad Shtayyeh as prime minister in the next few days after backing by his Fatah party, senior officials said Thursday. Analysts view bringing in Shtayyeh to replace outgoing prime minister Rami Hamdallah as part of...

Lawyers and doctors joined protests against Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Thursday, demanding to know who had signed off on a medical certificate for the hospitalized 82-year-old leader declaring him fit to run for his fifth term. In a statement read by the telecommunications...