Turkish, Greek Diplomats Meet Amid Rising Tensions

Turkish, Greek Diplomats Meet Amid Rising Tensions

Turkish and Greek diplomats met Friday in a bid to defuse rising bilateral tensions over control of the eastern Mediterranean...

US Warship Faces Aggressive Moves by Russia Ship in Mideast

US Warship Faces Aggressive Moves by Russia Ship in Mideast

An American warship was “aggressively approached” by a Russian Navy ship in the North Arabian Sea, the U.S. Navy said...

France Rejects 11-Month Deadline UK Sets on EU Trade Talks

France Rejects 11-Month Deadline UK Sets on EU Trade Talks

France made it clear Friday that it does not want to be shackled to the tight deadline British Prime Minister...

Harry, Meghan Seek Financial Independence: Will That Work?

Harry, Meghan Seek Financial Independence: Will That Work?

As part of a surprise announcement distancing themselves from the British royal family, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, declared...

Moscow is a Christmas Wonderland, Minus the Snow

Moscow is a Christmas Wonderland, Minus the Snow

In Moscow, a New Year season without snow is spurring an all out effort by authorities to promote holiday cheer,...

US Scanning Cyberspace for Signs of Iranian Aggression

US Scanning Cyberspace for Signs of Iranian Aggression

U.S. government officials are watching and waiting, with many believing it is only a matter of time before Iran lashes...

N. Ireland Parties Mull Deal to Restore Collapsed Government

N. Ireland Parties Mull Deal to Restore Collapsed Government

Northern Ireland’s main political parties are meeting Friday to decide whether to accept a deal to restore the Belfast-based government...

Spain Names Economics, Trade Expert as New Foreign Minister

Spain Names Economics, Trade Expert as New Foreign Minister

Arancha Gonzalez Laya, a lawyer with a track record in international relations, economics and trade, will be Spain’s new foreign...

Eastern Forces Reject Call for Cease-Fire in Libya    

Eastern Forces Reject Call for Cease-Fire in Libya    

Eastern Libyan forces led by Khalifa Haftar are rejecting Turkey and Russia’s call for a cease-fire starting Sunday.Haftar’s Libyan National...

Ukrainian Plane Believed to Be Downed Accidentally by Iran

Ukrainian Plane Believed to Be Downed Accidentally by Iran

U.S. and Canadian officials say there is evidence suggesting that an Iranian missile downed the Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran...

Vietnamese Investors More Cautious with Tech Startups

Vietnamese Investors More Cautious with Tech Startups

Vietnamese startups are heading into the new year looking to avoid the mistakes of such companies as Uber and WeWork,...

Germany’s Merkel Heads To Moscow Amid Heightened Global Tensions

Germany’s Merkel Heads To Moscow Amid Heightened Global Tensions

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to travel to Moscow Saturday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting...

French Back in Streets as Pension Strikes Show No Sign of Ending 

French Back in Streets as Pension Strikes Show No Sign of Ending 

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of France on Thursday as a record-breaking strike continued over proposed pension...

At CES, Tech Startups Hail from Around the World

At CES, Tech Startups Hail from Around the World

Building a tech startup is not easy, especially in countries with less-established tech industries. Nevertheless, many global entrepreneurs are determined...

Facebook Again Refuses to Ban Political Ads, Even False Ones

Facebook Again Refuses to Ban Political Ads, Even False Ones

Despite escalating pressure ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Facebook reaffirmed its freewheeling policy on political ads Thursday, saying it...

Germany’s Merkel Heads to Moscow Amid Heightened Global Tensions

Germany’s Merkel Heads to Moscow Amid Heightened Global Tensions

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to travel to Moscow Saturday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting...

Nationwide Protest in France Over Pensions as Talks Continue

Nationwide Protest in France Over Pensions as Talks Continue

French rail workers, teachers, doctors, lawyers and others joined the fourth nationwide day of protests and strikes on Thursday to...

Iran May Have Accidentally Shot Down Passenger Jet

Iran May Have Accidentally Shot Down Passenger Jet

U.S. President Donald Trump is publicly voicing suspicion that Iran may have accidentally shot down a Ukrainian airliner. “Somebody could...

Pope Urges US and Iran to Pursue Dialogue, Restraint

Pope Urges US and Iran to Pursue Dialogue, Restraint

Pope Francis addressed diplomats at the Vatican and urged the United States and Iran to avoid an escalation of the...

Facebook Again Declines to Limit Political Ad Targeting

Facebook Again Declines to Limit Political Ad Targeting

Facebook has decided not to limit how political ads can be targeted to specific groups of people, as its main...

Norway to Take 600 Migrants Evacuated to Rwanda From Libya

Norway to Take 600 Migrants Evacuated to Rwanda From Libya

Norway says it will take 600 asylum-seekers recently evacuated to Rwanda from Libyan detention centers as the Scandinavian country wants...

Iranian Investigators: Ukrainian Plane on Fire Before Crash

Iranian Investigators: Ukrainian Plane on Fire Before Crash

Iranian investigators said Thursday the crew of a Ukrainian passenger jet that crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran’s airport...