Turkey says Kurdish YPG still in Syria border area as deadline looms
Kurdish YPG forces have still not fully withdrawn from a strip of land in northeast Syria from which Ankara says they must leave, Turkey’s defense...
Saudi Crown Prince congratulates Trump on killing of Islamic State leader
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman congratulated U.S. President Donald Trump on the killing of Islamic State’s leader, describing the operation as a historic...
Brexit election? Johnson makes fresh bid to break the deadlock
Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a fresh bid for an election to break the Brexit deadlock on Tuesday after nearly three-and-a-half years of wrangling in...
Nepali scales 14 highest peaks in just over six months, becomes world’s fastest climber
A 36-year-old Nepali became the fastest climber to summit the world’s 14 highest mountains on Tuesday, scaling all the mountains in just over six months,...
Australia man gets maximum 36-year sentence for rape, murder of Israeli student
Australia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced a 20-year-old man to at least 30 years in prison for rape and murder of international student Aiia Maasarwe...
Climate change protesters disrupt Australian mining conference
Australian police arrested more than 40 people outside an international mining conference on Tuesday after climate change protesters tried to block delegates from entering a...
Iraqi security forces open fire on protesters, kill 14
Iraqi security forces killed at least 14 people in the Shi’ite holy city of Kerbala overnight after opening fire on protesters, medical and security sources...
Morphosys ends development of dermatitis treatment, shares fall
A development program for an atopic dermatitis treatment has failed, German biotech Morphosys said, sending its shares down 9% in early Frankfurt trade on Tuesday....
U.S.-China tensions spur progress on giant Asia trade pact
Tensions between the United States and China have given new impetus to a China-backed trade pact and there is a chance of major progress, if...
Oil prices fall a second day ahead of U.S. stockpile numbers
Oil prices fell for a second day on Tuesday as investors awaited U.S. crude inventory data for more insight into oil demand trends, while concerns...
