The use of rubber bullets by security forces has become a major source of controversy in France because of dozens of injuries to people during violent demonstration by "yellow vest" protesters. Campaigners lost a legal bid on Friday to suspend their use in France. Elsewhere in Europe,...

Qatar coach Felix Sanchez shrugged off comparisons to Pep Guardiola on Friday after masterminding a breathtaking Asian Cup victory just three years before the 2022 World Cup on home turf. Almoez Ali scored a tournament-record nine goals and the Maroons conceded only once as they swept to...

Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways owner IAG, said Friday that he was "very confident" that London and Brussels would reach a "comprehensive agreement" on post-Brexit aviation. Walsh, speaking at a relaunch of global airline alliance Oneworld, added that a chaotic no-deal...

Apple said Friday it had fixed a software bug that could allow iPhone users to see people through its FaceTime calling application even before they answered the phone. Earlier this week, Apple disabled the feature known as Group FaceTime calling, following media reports of the security...

Thirty-two Palestinians were shot and wounded by Israeli troops in renewed clashes along the Gaza border Friday, the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave said. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in a statement they were shot during protests along the border, but none were reported...

Venezuela’s opposition leader, Juan Guaido, has called on the country’s citizens to stage "the biggest march in the history of Venezuela" in a new bid to up pressure on embattled President Nicolas Maduro to call early elections. Major European countries have set a weekend deadline for...

The United States on Friday called on Lebanon to deprive Hezbollah of all official funds after the Shiite militant movement took a record three cabinet posts in a long-delayed government. The United States stressed that it was ready to work with Prime Minister Saad Hariri's new government,...

US oil giants Exxon Mobil and Chevron reported strong annual profits on Friday, concluding with a solid fourth quarter despite a dive in crude prices at the end of the year. Exxon Mobil reported profits of $20.8 billion in 2018, up 5.8 percent from 2017, while Chevron notched annual...

Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw has told his side to put this year's World Cup in Japan to the back of their minds and focus on the immediate challenge of the Six Nations. Scotland begin their Six Nations campaign at home to perennial Championship strugglers Italy on Saturday. The...

At least four people were killed Friday after clashes erupted between forces loyal to Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar and “Chadian mercenaries” in the southern town of Ghadduwah, according to a local security source. After Haftar’s forces captured the town, which is located south...

A U.S. court ordered the government of Syria's Bashar al-Assad to pay $302 million dollars in reparations for the killing of an American correspondent. Marie Colvin was killed after the makeshift media center she was working in the Syrian city of Homs was blasted with artillery fire....

The Kremlin will look at a message from the Venezuelan opposition leader when it arrives, but this does not mean Russia recognizes him as the country's president, said Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday. "So far, we have not received any messages. If and when it comes,...

The death toll from the subfreezing temperatures brought in by the polar vortex has risen to at least 21, with more deaths being reported by multiple outlets. Among the dead is University of Iowa student Gerald Belz, who was found dead outside a close distance away from his dorm....

Romania, the European Union’s current term president, on Friday voiced strong support for Turkey's bid to join the bloc. "We will do our utmost to succeed and to give a very clear signal about the importance we are attaching to the negotiation process for Turkey's accession to the EU,”...

Apple  has blocked Google from distributing its internal-only iOS apps on its corporate network after a TechCrunch investigation found the search giant abusing the certificates. “We’re working with Apple to fix a temporary disruption to some of our corporate iOS apps, which we...

Huawei mobile chief Richard Yu has already made mention of the company’s upcoming foldable phone amid talks of smartphone world domination. This morning, however, we caught our first glimpse of the handset in profile, along with the promise of more, arriving February 24, during Mobile World...

 Indonesian ride-hailing firm Go-Jek has raised around $1 billion in a funding round, led by Alphabet Inc’s Google, JD.com Inc and Tencent Holdings, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. Google, Tencent and JD.com have invested in Go-Jek earlier. The company said...

Qatar won its first major soccer title by beating four-time champion Japan 3-1 in the Asian Cup final on Friday, completing an improbable run to glory for the Gulf nation as it prepares to host the 2022 World Cup. The victory in Abu Dhabi against one of the favorites came only hours...

Dozens of Palestinians were injured by Israeli troops Friday while staging a protest near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC). In a statement, the PRC said that 15 Palestinians had been wounded by Israeli army gunfire after clashes...

Almost a third of British companies are considering moving or setting up overseas operations because of Brexit, according to a survey published Friday by business lobby group the Institute of Directors. The IoD survey of over 1,200 company directors found that 16 percent had already decided...