U.S., Taliban talks end after rival Afghans agree on ‘roadmap for peace’
The U.S. special envoy for peace in Afghanistan wound up on Tuesday the seventh round of talks he has held with the Taliban in Qatar,...
Putin opposes Russian parliament call for Georgia sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected on Tuesday a parliamentary call to impose sanctions against Georgia, saying patching up strained relations was more important than reacting...
Short-sighted policies stall Balkans’ integration into EU: Erdogan
Short-sighted anti-immigrant populism in some European Union member states has blocked the integration of Western Balkan countries into the EU, weakening the region’s stability, Turkish...
Twenty-three U.S. states urge Trump to drop vehicle fuel-efficiency freeze
Nearly two dozen U.S. state governors, including those of California and New York, urged the Trump administration on Tuesday to abandon a proposal to freeze...
U.S. to provide licenses for sales to Huawei if national security protected
The U.S. Department of Commerce will issue licenses to U.S. companies seeking to sell to Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd where there...
Germany, France, UK, EU urge Iran to revert to upholding nuclear deal
The foreign ministers of Germany, France, Britain and the European Union said on Tuesday that they were concerned about Iran scaling up its uranium enrichment...
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic to launch IPO by end of the year
British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic plans a stock market listing by the end of the year, becoming the first space tourism firm to tap...
PepsiCo’s core soda brand, chips boost quarterly results
PepsiCo Inc’s quarterly revenue and profit beat Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, boosted by higher sales of its traditional Pepsi soda as well as snacks...
Wall Street opens lower on trade war fallout concerns
U.S. stocks opened lower on Tuesday, weighed down by worries over the impact of a protracted U.S.-China trade spat on company earnings and lowered expectations...
Two Kenyan athletes suspended for doping: AIU
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Tuesday it had provisionally suspended two Kenyan athletes, one of them a Commonwealth Games former champion, for doping,...
