Oil prices tick up ahead of U.S. crude stock data
Oil prices edged up on Tuesday as investors expected U.S. data due shortly to show declining crude stocks, which outweighed concerns over U.S.-China trade tensions...
Trump threatens ‘obliteration’ as Iran slams sanctions on Khamenei
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to obliterate parts of Iran if the Islamic Republic attacked “anything American”, as Iran said the latest U.S....
U.S. senators say social media letting algorithms ‘run wild’
A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday questioned how major social media companies like Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google unit use algorithms and artificial intelligence...
Palestinian refugees say Trump cannot bury right of return
A U.S. Middle East peace plan is stirring anger and apprehension in Palestinian refugee camps around the region by raising the prospect that a long-cherished...
U.S. relocates hundreds of migrant children from overcrowded border station
Nearly 250 migrant children have been relocated to children’s shelters from an overcrowded Texas border patrol station where attorneys said they had been held for...
Dutch investigate KPN network outage, company blames software bug
The Dutch government launched an inquiry on Tuesday into a nationwide network outage at telecoms company KPN that knocked out emergency service numbers for nearly...
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo makes unannounced visit to Kabul
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during an unannounced visit to Kabul on Tuesday to discuss ongoing peace talks with...
Saudi forces say they have captured leader of Yemen branch of Islamic State
Saudi special forces have captured the leader of the Yemeni branch of the Islamic State militant group, the Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen said...
New Istanbul mayor’s star power could be a challenge for Erdogan
Istanbul’s new mayor now shoulders the expectations of Turkey’s long-subdued opposition after he emerged from obscurity to deal President Tayyip Erdogan the biggest election blow...
Brazil lower house set to vote on pension reform before recess: presidential spokesman
Brazil’s lower house of Congress is expected to vote on pension reform before lawmakers break for recess on July 18, presidential spokesman Otavio Rego Barros...