Lebanon, pushed to the brink, faces reckoning over graft
Lebanon is closer to a financial crisis than at any time since at least the war-torn 1980s as allies, investors and this week nationwide protests...
Security forces chase down Beirut protesters: Reuters witnesses
Lebanon’s security forces and riot police chased down protesters in central Beirut on Friday, firing tear gas canisters to disperse the demonstrators, according to Reuters...
Ebola concentrated in Congo mining area, still an emergency: WHO
Ebola is infecting and killing people in a gold mining area of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and the “complex and dangerous” outbreak still constitutes...
Pentagon says decision on full-rate F-35 jet production possibly delayed until 2021
The Pentagon’s decision to move into a full-rate production contract for the F-35 jet, made by Lockheed Martin , could be delayed until 2021 because...
Clashes in central Barcelona on fifth day of separatist protests
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators waving pro-independence flags poured into Barcelona on Friday, the fifth day of sometimes violent protests over the jailing of Catalan...
Spain closes Catalan protest group website and probes riots
A Spanish judge ordered the closure of a secretive Catalan protest group’s website on Friday as authorities scrambled to find who is behind street demonstrations...
Mexico’s president defends decision to release El Chapo’s son
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defended security forces on Friday over their handling of a shocking outbreak of drug violence, saying they had saved...
Wall Street weighed by Boeing, J&J, bleak China data
Wall Street fell on Friday as negative headlines about Johnson & Johnson and Boeing and bleak economic data from China soured investor risk appetite, offsetting...
Golf: Colsaerts joins Coetzee at top of French Open standings
Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts fired a five-under-par 66 to join George Coetzee on top of the French Open leaderboard after the second round on Friday, a...
Bye Bye, Bei Bei: National Zoo panda leaves for China next month
Washington’s National Zoo will soon have an empty-nester exhibit on display when Bei Bei, the 4-year-old male offspring of the zoo’s giant panda couple, sets...