OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia urged oil producers on Thursday to comply with output cuts decided last year in a bid to stabilise a slumping oil market and support prices. "Every country should live up to its commitments," new Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said as a committee...

Google won a victory on Thursday after Europe’s top court said Germany has to notify the European Commission of a rule allowing publishers to demand a copyright fee from the U.S. tech giant for using news snippets. The case underlines the battle between publishers and Alphabet unit Google...

Media magnate Nabil Karoui’s run for president was testing the rules of Tunisia’s young democracy even before he was put in custody last month charged with tax fraud and money laundering. As his unlicensed news channel broadcasts footage of him doling out aid to the poor, Karoui, 56, is...

Hong Kong activists will combine anti-government protests with lantern celebrations marking the Mid-Autumn Festival this weekend after a brief lull in sometimes violent demonstrations which have rocked the Chinese-ruled city since June. The protests include another in a series of “stress...

Israeli forces detained eleven Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, Israeli army said on Thursday. The statement read that the individuals were arrested for "suspected involvement in popular terror activities", without elaborating about the nature of...

China urged the United States Thursday to adopt an approach more conducive to dialogue in response to North Korea's goodwill in wanting to resume denuclearization talks, and again suggested United Nations sanctions relief be considered for Pyongyang. North Korea said Monday it was willing...

The United States invoked a regional defense pact Wednesday with 10 other countries and Venezuela's opposition after "bellicose" moves by Nicolas Maduro's regime. A request to invoke the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) came from the Venezuelan opposition, said a...

About 2,500 people are unaccounted for in the Bahamas following Hurricane Dorian, the archipelago's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Wednesday. NEMA spokesman Carl Smith told reporters that some of the missing people may eventually be located. "At this point, there are...

Air strikes by U.S.-led coalition forces in Syria have killed or wounded many civilians, indicating that required precautions were ignored and war crimes may have been committed, United Nations investigators said on Wednesday. Syrian government and allied Russian warplanes are also...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Maghaweir al-Thowra thwarted an attack by the regime army and allied militias in a desert area east of Homs province, leaving dozen killed and wounded, the rebel group said Wednesday. The US-backed Maghaweir al-Thowra group said the attack took place in a de-escalation...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham arrested local journalist who had interviewed senior commander criticized the former al-Qaeda affiliate for not defending its territory in northwestern Syria and for the 'impoverishment' of its fighters, activists said Wednesday. The...

Liberal Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces a tough general election on October 21, dogged by an ethics scandal that has taken the shine off his golden boy image and left him vulnerable to a sharp challenge from Conservative Andrew Scheer. Also in pursuit of a bigger share of...

Mercedes announced their arrival in Formula E for the 2019-20 season on Wednesday, with team chief Toto Wolff saying their "new mission" would be led by drivers Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck de Vries. The German manufacturer has dominated Formula One in recent years, winning five successive...

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini urged the Venezuelan government and opposition Wednesday to return to the negotiating table to seek a way out of the South American country's protracted crisis. President Nicolas Maduro called off talks with the opposition last month in response to...

 It’s shortly before sunrise, and Maryanna Swanson, a Navy nurse from Long Island, thinks she may run out of T-shirts for all of the runners showing up for a Sept. 11 memorial race that she’s helping organize at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. News of the race spread by word of mouth...

Germany aims to host a conference about Libya this year in conjunction with the United Nations to try to stabilize the oil producing country, where rival factions have been fighting over the capital, Germany’s ambassador to Libya said on Wednesday. The plans, which are still in the early...

 Iran will not negotiate with the United States while sanctions on Tehran are still enforced by Washington, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in a phone call on Wednesday, according to Iranian state media. “From the perspective of Iran’s...

Palestinians tilling the fertile Jordan Valley said on Wednesday they have been rooted for generations to the West Bank land that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to annex, and they vowed never to give it up. “We tell Netanyahu, and whoever follows him, you will not break the...

U.S. President Donald Trump left open Wednesday the possibility the United States could ease sanctions on Iran, adding he believes Iran wants to strike a deal with Washington on its nuclear program. "We'll see what happens," Trump told reporters at the White House when asked about the...

Russia warned Wednesday that Benjamin Netanyahu's pledge to annex the West Bank's Jordan Valley could escalate tensions as the Israeli prime minister geared up to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin. The Russian foreign ministry said it was concerned over the Israeli leadership's plan,...