Iran judiciary says to hand over detained Lebanese businessman to Lebanon
Lebanon’s security chief is due to escort a detained Lebanese man home from Iran on Tuesday after Beirut secured his release from an Iranian prison,...
Explainer: ‘Privacy coin’ Monero offers near total anonymity
Bitcoin’s share of the cryptocurrency market is sliding, with a host of alternative digital coins gaining ground as developers race to create digital cash that...
Rise of smaller rivals throws up fresh challenge to bitcoin
Bitcoin’s weathered hacks, heists, booms and busts to reign as the king of cryptocurrencies through its first decade. But now there’s a fresh challenge to...
Nineteen killed in attack in Burkina Faso: government
Unidentified assailants killed 19 people and wounded 13 in an attack on and around the town of Arbinda in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, the...
Turkey chafes at U.S. pressure over Russian defenses
Turkey said on Tuesday a U.S. House of Representatives’ resolution condemning Ankara’s purchase of Russian defense systems and urging potential sanctions was unacceptably threatening....
UK PM candidate Johnson criticized for avoiding scrutiny
Boris Johnson, the favorite to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May, was criticized on Tuesday by a rival who said the former foreign minister was...
SoftBank, Toyota autonomous car venture to launch in Southeast Asia next year
The self-driving car joint venture of SoftBank Corp and Toyota Motor plans to begin operating in Southeast Asia next year, in its first overseas foray,...
Near-record ‘dead zone’ forecast off U.S. Gulf coast, threatening fish
A near record-sized “dead zone” of oxygen-starved water could form in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, threatening its huge stocks of marine life, researchers...
UK PM candidate Leadsom: Brexit on Oct. 31 is my ‘hard red line’
Andrea Leadsom, one of the candidates vying to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May, said on Tuesday she would seek a managed Brexit but that...
Nineteen killed in attack in northern Burkina Faso: government
Unidentified assailants killed 19 people and wounded 13 others in an attack on and around the town of Arbinda in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday,...