China’s Huawei has offered to build a cyber security center in Poland where last month authorities arrested a Chinese employee of the telecommunications firm along with a former Polish security official on spying charges. “We are ready to establish a cyber security center in Poland if...

Funds controlled by activist investor Elliott Management have agreed to extend $75 million in financing to bankrupt airline Avianca Brasil, according to documents seen by Reuters on Wednesday. A term sheet signed by Manchester Securities Corp, Elliott Associates and Elliott International was...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has doubled its resources for Venezuela to help cope with humanitarian needs generated by the country's crisis, its president said on Wednesday. Under President Nicolas Maduro, oil-wealthy Venezuela has plunged into economic crisis,...

Brazil's aircraft maker Embraer said Wednesday it has finalized a contract to sell 12 light attack aircraft to Nigeria's air force, which is fighting an insurgency by Boko Haram jihadists. Embraer's military aircraft division said in a statement it and a partner firm making electronic...

US President Donald Trump will host his Colombian counterpart Ivan Duque next week for talks on efforts to oust leftist strongman Nicolas Maduro from power in Venezuela, the White House said Wednesday. The visit by Duque and his wife to the White House on February 13 "will build upon the...

Will Brexit really happen on March 29? Unlikely, analysts say, despite Prime Minister Theresa May's insistence that Britain will split from the EU by the looming deadline. With her divorce deal with Brussels currently stuck in the UK parliament and fears of economic chaos in case of a messy...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday shared concerns with his Brazilian counterpart, Ernesto Araujo, about that country’s possible decision to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. "Discussed bilateral relations & international developments w/FM Ernesto Araujo of...

A war of words began Wednesday after the EU Council President Donald Tusk spoke of a “special place in hell” for “those who promoted Brexit” without a proper plan to deliver it. “It’s a question for Donald Tusk as to whether he considers the use of that sort of language to be helpful - and...

Iranian Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ali Motahari on Wednesday said his country's policy of promoting "Shia doctrine" in the region had adversely affected its foreign policy. “Iran’s current political approach is problematic, both internally and externally,” Motahari was quoted as saying by...

Accusing him of "high treason," right-wing and far-right parties said Wednesday they would protest together for the first time against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez over his negotiations with Catalan separatists. Centre-right Ciudadanos, the conservative Popular Party (PP) and far-right Vox,...

The US Army said Wednesday it wants to purchase a limited number of Iron Dome short-range air defense systems, an interceptor technology developed by Israel with US support. Army spokesman Colonel Patrick Seiber said the deal would meet a short-term need to protect troops from "indirect...

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido is to send a delegation to Italy, where the government is one of few European Union countries not to have backed the self-proclaimed interim president. Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said he will meet the team on Monday after...

The French foreign ministry on Wednesday denounced as "unacceptable" a meeting between Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio and France's "yellow vest" anti-government protesters. "This new provocation is unacceptable between neighbouring countries and partners at the heart of the...

The United States still plans to lead a global fight against the Islamic State movement despite its withdrawal from Syria, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured allies on Wednesday. Opening a 79-nation conference in Washington on the fight against the group also known as ISIS, Pompeo also...

An investigation has been launched into Islamophobic abuse at Liverpool FC’s Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah, British police said Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police statement came after a video showing a West Ham United fan assaulting Salah in an Islamophobic and racist verbal attack...

Officials at WhatsApp on Wednesday sought to clarify the messaging app is not for “public use,” in the run up to the general election in India. Officials maintained WhatsApp will release a white paper to “ensure there is a clear understanding of how our systems work. “[WhatsApp]...

Amid fears of an incursion by U.S. forces, a shipment of rifles, ammunition, and other military equipment from the U.S. was seized at a Venezuelan airport, according to a state official writing on Twitter. Endes Palencia, the deputy minister of prevention and public safety, late Tuesday...

Libya urgently requires $202 million in humanitarian assistance for its struggling population, according to the UN.   In a statement, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that some 823,000 Libyans -- including around 248,000 children -- remain in...

Saudi Arabia has successfully launched its first telecommunications satellite from France’s Guiana Space Center, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported Wednesday. According to the SPA, the satellite weighs some 6.5 tons and has a life expectancy of over 20 years. “With the use of...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main rival in an April election has raised the possibility of pulling back from the occupied West Bank, in remarks published Wednesday that drew right-wing criticism. Benny Gantz, the former armed forces chief of staff, spoke positively of...