World

Herve Falciani   Geneva: Herve Falciani, the former HSBC employee whose disclosures uncorked the "Swissleaks" scandal on bank-supported tax evasion, was sentenced in absentia...

  By Elizabeth Pineau and Paul Taylor MOSCOW/BRUSSELS: The leaders of Russia and France avoided each other’s gaze as they made short, stiff statements...

Beirut: Lebanese army intelligence has arrested a foreign terrorist while trying to leave Lebanon with a fake passport, the army said Friday in...

  By Philip Pullella and George Obulutsa NAIROBI: Pope Francis urged young Kenyans on Friday not to yield to the sweet lure of corruption,...

  Geneva: Venezuela must find and punish those responsible for the murder of a prominent opposition leader who was gunned down less that two...

    Recep Tayyip Erdo?an   By Alastair Macdonald and Jonny Hogg BRUSSELS/ANKARA: European and Turkish officials are working to smooth out their remaining differences on...

Santiago Seage   Madrid: Abengoa said Friday its chief executive Santiago Seage had resigned after it emerged the Spanish renewable energy giant was close...

  CAPE TOWN: Burundi’s top opposition leader said he feared for his life as violence mounted following President Pierre Nkurunziza’s disputed election to a...

Protester Lamon Reccord, 16, confronted a police officer during a demonstration in response to the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald in Chicago on...

Timothy Brown lived alongside his dead father Kenneth in their home in Stafford (pictured) for up to four months and was only discovered...

    By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON: The U.S. National Security Agency will end its daily vacuuming of millions of Americans’ phone records by Sunday and...

  London: London's Metropolitan Police on Friday warned singletons to beware of online dating scams after two men were convicted of duping a woman...

GENEVA:  A World Trade Organization dispute panel ruled against Colombia’s tariff on textiles, clothes and shoes on Friday, dismissing its argument that the...

  Moscow: Russia will suspend its visa-free regime with Turkey beginning January 1, 2016, the Interfax news agency reported. The move, announced by Foreign...

  Paris: Negotiators from 195 nations gather in Paris on Monday to try to broker a universal climate pact to rein in global warming...

  By Emily Flitter NEW YORK: Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson arrived in Jordan on Friday for a two-day tour of multiple camps housing...

  By Daren Butler and Maria Tsvetkova ISTANBUL/MOSCOW: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Russia on Friday not to “play with fire”, citing reports Turkish...

Francois Hollande     Valletta: Francois Hollande on Friday urged British MPs to back air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria "in solidarity with...