Iran frees Lebanese IT specialist Zakka
A Lebanese businessman detained in Tehran since 2015 on charges of collaborating against Iran arrived in Beirut on Tuesday, after his government secured his release....
Egypt, Jordan, Morocco to attend U.S.-led Palestinian conference: official
Egypt, Jordan and Morocco have informed the Trump administration they will attend a U.S.-led conference in Bahrain this month on proposals for boosting the Palestinian...
State attorneys general in U.S. plan lawsuit to stop Sprint-T-Mobile deal: sources
At least 10 state attorneys general plan to file a lawsuit as soon as Tuesday to stop the $26 billion merger of Sprint Corp and...
EU’s Juncker cautions against ramping up climate goals
The outgoing European Union chief executive said on Tuesday the bloc should focus on meeting its 2030 existing targets before ramping up long-term climate ambitions....
Green groups sue Trump administration for gutting offshore oil safety rules
A coalition of environmental groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Interior Department’s rollbacks of safety measures put in place by the Obama...
Dutch firm generates buzz with big fly larvae farm
Tiny fly larvae have Dutch firm Protix thinking big as it looks to produce enough fish food to generate 100 million servings of salmon a...
Wall Street higher on trade optimism, rate cut hopes
Wall Street’s main indexes rose and the S&P 500 edged back toward record territory on Tuesday, as easing trade tensions with Mexico and hopes of...
WH chides Biden’s “laughable” Trump “threat” claim
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders says it’s ‘truly laughable’ that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden would say that President Trump poses an ‘existential threat’ to...
Democrat Buttigieg: stop ‘endless war,’ return to Iran nuclear deal
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday urged a stop to the “endless wars” that followed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and vowed to return...
South Sudan’s displaced return home as security improves
Displaced South Sudanese who have been living in a United Nations camp for the last five years have started returning home to rebuild as relative...