A French convict accused of being a major drugs gangland figure vanished without a trace after an armed attack in May left two prison officers dead. Six months later, Mohamed Amra and the gunmen who ...

In the pantheon of global gatherings, the G20 is the main forum for economic and financial cooperation -- areas increasingly tested by today's shifting geopolitics.

UK jets were scrambled to monitor a Russian reconnaissance aircraft flying close to UK airspace, the defence minister in London said on Friday.

A building in Beirut's southern suburbs collapsed in a gigantic cloud of smoke and dust following a strike attributed to ...

The European Commission on Friday predicted economic growth to pick up slightly and inflation to keep falling in the eurozone next year, while warning of growing risks linked to geopolitical tensions.

The United States will award Taiwanese chip giant TSMC up to $6.6 billion in direct funding to help build several plants on US soil, officials said Friday, finalizing the deal before a new ...

A fire erupted overnight in a retirement home in the northeastern Spanish town of Villafranca de Ebro killing at least 10 people, the emergency services said on Friday.

Oil futures are headed for weekly losses as a gloomy demand outlook and expectations of fewer rate cuts in the U.S. drive bearish sentiment. In early European trade, Brent crude and WTI both fall 1.2% ...

Gold futures are broadly flat at $2,573.00 a troy ounce, stabilizing after more than a week of losses. Futures are down 4.9% for the week. Gold has been weighed down by a rising U.S. dollar, ...

The dollar retreated as the so-called "Trump trade" that expects inflationary policies under U.S. president-elect Donald Trump might have run its course for now, MUFG Bank said. Federal Reserve Chair ...

Juan Luis Guerra was the big winner of Thursday's Latin Grammys gala that saw the Dominican take home both the coveted best record and best album prizes thanks to his his fusion hit "Mambo 23" off ...

An air strike hit the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs on Friday, sending plumes of grey smoke into the sky after the Israeli military called for people to evacuate, AFPTV images showed.