Chess player ‘won’t play for Iran’ due to ban on Israeli players
Iran’s top rated chess champion has decided not to play for his country, Iranian news agencies reported on Tuesday, in an apparent reaction to Tehran’s...
Russia’s most advanced fighter jet suffers first crash: news agencies
One of Russia’s Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter jets crashed on Tuesday in the Far East, Russian news agencies reported, the first accident of its kind...
Wall St. slips from near-record highs in Christmas Eve trade
Wall Street dipped from near-record levels heading into the Christmas break on Tuesday, as investors paused after a rally propelled by improving U.S.-China trade relations...
Russian-backed Syrian forces close in on major city in rebel-held Idlib
Russian-backed Syrian troops have encircled a Turkish observation post as they approach the city of Maarat al-Numan in an offensive into the last significant rebel...
Eritrean soccer players go missing in Uganda again
Seven players from Eritrea’s national soccer team have gone missing after playing at a tournament in Uganda, an official said, the second time in two...
Khashoggi’s fiancee says execution of those convicted would conceal truth
The fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi described the sentencing of five people to death in relation to the killing as unfair and invalid,...
Japan’s Abe asks South Korea’s Moon to act on row at first meeting for 15 months
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked South Korea’s president on Tuesday to take steps to resolve a bitter dispute at their first bilateral talks in...
Uber co-founder Kalanick leaves board of directors
Uber Technologies Inc’s co-founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick will resign from its board of directors by the end of the year, the company said...
Trump says he and Xi will sign China trade deal
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he and Chinese President Xi Jinping will have a signing ceremony to sign the first phase of the...
Nigeria orders release of Sowore, Dasuki, heeding court orders: attorney general
Nigeria’s attorney general ordered the release on bail of an ex-presidential candidate and a former national security adviser, in recognition of a court order that...