Sudan’s military rulers say coup attempt thwarted
Sudan’s military rulers said on Thursday that several officers had attempted a coup in an effort to undermine an agreement between the military and the...
Blast kills 11, wounds many in Syria’s rebel-held Afrin
A car bomb killed 11 people and wounded many others on Thursday in the Syrian city of Afrin, which Turkey-backed rebels captured from Kurdish fighters...
Investors pour $28 billion in money-market funds as S&P 500 hit record high: Lipper
U.S.-based money-market funds attracted about $28 billion in the week ended Wednesday, their largest weekly inflow since mid-May, as the S&P 500 Index rose above...
Twitter back up partially after worldwide outage
Twitter Inc said on Thursday its microblogging platform was back up partially after suffering a worldwide outage for more than an hour....
Asylum deal at the fore as Guatemalan president visits White House
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales will travel to Washington next week to discuss migration, and sources said he may sign an agreement declaring the Central American...
Norway says Venezuela opposition and government talks to continue
Talks between Venezuela’s government and the opposition will continue, Norway’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, after a top Socialist Party leader announced the end of...
Taiwan president in U.S. after warning of threat from ‘overseas forces’
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in the United States on Thursday on a trip that has angered Beijing, warning that democracy must be defended and...
UK will not escort all its ships near Iran, does not want to escalate tensions -source
Britain does not intend to escort every British-flagged merchant vessel through the Strait of Hormuz, a security source said on Thursday, after a Royal Navy...
Britain says it fended off Iranian attempt to block oil tanker
Three Iranian vessels tried to block a British-owned tanker passing through the strait that controls the flow of Middle East oil to the world, but...
Attorney General Barr recuses himself from Boeing 737 MAX probe: Justice Dept.
U.S. Attorney General William Barr has recused himself from the Justice Department’s investigation into Boeing Co after two 737 MAX airplane crashes killed 346 people,...