German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has suffered its worst-ever result in regional elections in the city-state of Hamburg, exit polls suggest.The conservative CDU is suffering a leadership crisis after

South Sudan opened a new chapter in its fragile emergence from civil war Saturday as rival leaders formed a coalition government that many observers prayed would last this time around.A day after President

The war in Libya is expected to continue to claim lives even after the conflict is over.Unexploded bombs and rockets can remain hidden and a threat for years.A team of explosive experts is trying to find

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar resigned on Thursday but stayed on as interim leader while the country's three main parties battle out coalition talks after an inconclusive election.Varadkar, Ireland's

former Republican congressman has denied he offered a pardon to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on behalf of US President Donald Trump.Assange's lawyer said Dana Rohrabacher claimed to be acting "on

Brent crude LCOc1 was at $57.30 a barrel, down 37 cents, or 0.6%, by 0126 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 fell 15 cents, or 0.3%, to $51.90 a barrel."While it's more comfortable to call

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) issued an operating licence for the first reactor at the Arab world's first nuclear power plant, paving the way for it to start production later this year.The Barakah

The UK is preparing for a second weekend of weather disruption, as experts warn Storm Dennis could inflict more damage than Ciara when it arrives.Severe weather warnings are in place for most of the UK

- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said the U.S. government would not furnish any information for a database of companies operating in Israeli-controlled territories that the United Nations'

The Taliban have issued an ultimatum to Washington after weeks of talks with a U.S. peace envoy, demanding a reply on their offer of a seven-day reduction of violence in Afghanistan, or they would walk

The government has told businesses frictionless trade with the EU will end this year with the introduction of import checks at the UK border.EU trade will not be waved through with zero checks which had

President Donald Trump is offering a $4.8 trillion election year budget plan that recycles previously rejected cuts to domestic programs like food stamps and Medicaid to promise a balanced budget in 15

Pitch@Palace, a Dragons' Den-type mentoring network set up by Prince Andrew, has appeared to further distance itself from its royal founder.The company, owned by the prince, had already moved from its

Amy Klobuchar's campaign staff initially set up 250 chairs ahead of a Sunday rally at Southern New Hampshire University. But in the moments before the Minnesota senator arrived on campus, the aides scrambled

The death toll in mainland China from the coronavirus surged to 811, the National Health Commission said on Sunday, as a Japanese and an American became the first foreigners to die of the illness in China.The

Sydney Sixers are due to face Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League final at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday.However, heavy rain is forecast all day in Sydney, casting doubt on whether the Twenty20

Twenty years after launching JetBlue from an office building in Queens, New York, its founder has filed plans to launch a new airline with flights starting by year's end.Breeze Airways, which has applied

U.S. productivity rebounded in the final three months of last year, helping to boost productivity growth for the year to the best showing in nearly a decade.The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics

man has been arrested in the fatal shooting at a university dormitory in Texas of a woman believed to be his ex-girlfriend and her sister and the wounding of a 2-year-old boy, school officials said

The CEO of Europe’s busiest airline, Ryanair, said Monday that his airline is interested in revising orders for Boeing 737 Max jets to get a new, larger version of the plane.Michael O’Leary said his airline