Algeria will hold a presidential election on April 18, the presidency said on Friday in a statement, but did not say whether veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika would seek a fifth term in office. Bouteflika “issued a presidential decree calling voters to the polls for a presidential...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in 2018 stepped up Turkish lira financing in Turkey to a record €331 million (some $390 million) through 13 transactions with Turkish companies. That was up from €228.8 million ($258.5 million) in 2017, according to a statement...

Colombia Friday is mourning the loss of 21 policemen in one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in recent years. Dozens were also injured Thursday in the attack on General Santander Police Academy in the capital Bogota before a graduation ceremony. Prosecutors identified the attacker as...

More than 130 US House Republicans joined Democrats Thursday in opposing the easing of sanctions against an ally of Russia's Vladimir Putin, dealing a rebuke to President Donald Trump's administration. The Democratic-controlled chamber overwhelmingly voted 362 to 53 approving the bill that...