Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday he would soon announce a rescue plan for troubled state oil company Pemex, suggesting it would be worth around $1.5 billion. Pemex is struggling under the weight of more than $100 billion in debt and years of declining production,...

China on Friday denied what it termed "ridiculous" allegations of spying levelled by Lithuania as the Baltic eurozone state joined other western nations in expressing concerns about Chinese telecoms giant Huawei. The company has raised suspicions in the west for its close ties to the...

Britain is leading a group of European Union states who are trying to block an EU plan to include Saudi Arabia and 22 other jurisdictions on a blacklist of countries that pose money-laundering and terrorism financing threats, sources said. The EU’s executive commission adopted last month a...

Libyan authorities have arrested a suspected al Qaeda leader who fled from the eastern city of Derna, once a jihadist bastion, a source in the attorney general’s office said on Friday. Abdel Qader Azuz was arrested in the western city of Misrata and then brought to the capital Tripoli the...

 Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian teenagers including a 14-year-old boy during Gaza border protests on Friday, Palestinian health officials said. Israel’s military said it had opened fire in response to explosives and rocks hurled at the border fence. Palestinians have been...

The fiancée of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Friday she would welcome a change in Donald Trump’s approach to the killing, and may visit the United States in March, having previously rejected an invitation from the president. Khashoggi, a royal insider who became a critic of...

France's defence minister warned Friday in Baghdad that "the work is not over" in the fight against the Islamic State group, despite the jihadists facing the loss of their last scrap of territory. "The territorial caliphate, which has not yet been wiped out, is being defeated," minister...

Shares in German payments processing firm Wirecard were headed for a stormy finish to a turbulent week Friday, as fraud allegations piled on top of investors' concerns about lack of transparency. Singapore police confirmed to AFP they had searched premises belonging to the Munich-based...

U.S. officials are considering the controversial military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to house captured suspected Daesh fighters as Washington prepares to withdraw from Syria, according to a report. U.S. partners who have roughly 1,000 Daesh suspects in custody have warned they may not...

Morocco has recalled its ambassador to Saudi Arabia after a Saudi television channel reportedly broadcast a report “challenging Morocco’s territorial integrity”. Ambassador Mustafa al-Mansouri told Morocco’s pro-government 360 website on Friday: “I was recalled from Riyadh to take part in...

Former senior bureaucrats and diplomats have warned that Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal provides no clarity on the U.K.’s future relationship with the EU and will only ensure a "never-ending nightmare” for the country. Speaking at a People’s Vote news conference on Friday, Lord...

Syria will continue to be one of the key issues for Germany’s intelligence service BND, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday. Merkel said the Daesh terror group was diminished but not yet defeated at the opening ceremonies of BND headquarters in Berlin “It is rather conducting an...

The risk of new restrictions on doing business with Russia has risen since the Democratic Party won control of the U.S. House of Representatives. New anti-Moscow measures could jeopardize funding for a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline between Germany and Russia. In response, lenders in...

AT&T customers were seeing “5G E” logo on their mobile devices in over 400 markets. Even though users are still on 4G network, AT&T is calling it 5G Evolution, Sprint said in the lawsuit. 5G can offer data speeds up to 50 or 100 times faster than 4G networks. Smartphones running...

A thumb injury is threatening to keep Bayern Munich captain Manuel Neuer sidelined with the Germany goalkeeper facing a race against time for their Champions League last-16 clash at Liverpool, the Bavarians' coach Nico Kovac said on Friday. Neuer is doubtful for Saturday's home match against...

Spotify will take a harder stance on ad blockers in its updated terms of service. In an email to users today, the streaming music and podcast platform said its new user guidelines “mak[e] it clear that all types of ad blockers, bots and fraudulent streaming activities are not permitted.”...

Liverpool posted a world record-breaking £106 million ($137 million) net profit last year even after spending £190 million on new players, according to financial results announced on Friday. The club's profit before tax was £125 million -- up from £40 million -- with the club benefiting from...

Kurdish officials told AFP on Friday there was no progress on repatriating dozens of French nationals, including accused Islamic State fighters, women, and children, from prison camps in northern Syria. France announced last month it may bring back some 130 nationals held by the autonomous...

Most Americans want tougher gun laws but have little confidence their lawmakers will take action, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday ahead of the one-year anniversary of the country’s deadliest high school shooting. The poll of more than 6,800 adults reflects widespread...

Video surveillance, artificial intelligence, electronic scanners have all been mooted as potential technological solutions to Brexit’s Irish border problem – all in vain. As British Prime Minister Theresa May again travelled to Brussels on February 7 in attempt to break the Brexit logjam,...