Britain and EU spar over Brexit as clock ticks down
Britain said on Friday a Brexit deal with the European Union could be reached at a summit next month, but EU member Ireland said the...
Algerians defiant in first protest since election call
Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in the center of Algiers on Friday in the first significant test of the months-old protest movement since the...
Canada’s Trudeau pledges assault rifle ban, pivots campaign amid blackface scandal
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, embroiled in a blackface picture scandal, on Friday pledged to ban military-style assault rifles in the country’s most ethnically diverse...
U.S. sanctions Iran’s central bank, fund after Saudi oil attack
The United States on Friday imposed another round of sanctions on Tehran, including on Iran’s central bank and a development fund, following last week’s attack...
Media visit Saudi oil plant damaged in strike blamed on Iran
Saudi Arabia on Friday took media on a tour of oil facilities damaged by attacks that Washington and Riyadh blame on Iran, showing melted pipes...
U.S. Senators urge FDA to ban e-cigarettes immediately
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Friday urged the Food and Drug Administration to immediately remove all pod- and cartridge based e-cigarettes from the...
BAT says none of its e-cigs linked to U.S. vaping illnesses as far as it knows
British American Tobacco Plc, the maker of Vype and Vuse e-cigarettes, said as far as it knows, none of its products were involved in recent...
‘Save our future’: Students hit streets to demand global climate action
By Hans Lee, Philip Blenkinsop, Fabrizio Bensch and Ilze Filks...
Trump welcomes Australia’s PM, cementing strong trade, security ties
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Australia’s prime minister on Friday for only the second state visit of his administration, signaling the close bond between the...
Brazil police accuse Vale and TÜV SÜD of fraud before dam burst: document
Brazilian federal police proposed criminal charges against Vale SA, auditor TÜV SÜD and 13 of their employees, alleging fraud in relation to a deadly dam...