U. S. food company Kraft Heinz Co (KHC.O) withdrew its proposal for a $143-billion merger with larger rival Unilever Plc (ULVR.L), the companies said on Sunday, raising questions about whether Kraft...
US President Donald Trump has sought to explain why he referred to a security incident in Sweden on Friday which did not actually happen. Addressing a rally on Saturday, he had said, "look at what's...
The process of Britain leaving the European Union is irrevocable once it has been triggered, a government minister said on Sunday. Prime Minister Theresa May says she will invoke Article 50 of the...
U. S.-backed Iraqi forces on Sunday launched a ground offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from their remaining stronghold in Mosul, in the western part of the city, and put an end to their...
Opponents of US President Donald Trump know he has responded to comments about the size of his hands before. Now, some internet users have gone one step further and doctored images to make his whole...
PSA Group (PEUP. PA) has pledged to the German government to continue operating all four of Opel's German production sites as part of the French carmaker's planned takeover of General Motors' (GM.N)...
Israel and the US will set up a joint team to discuss Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, days after talks with President Donald Trump. During...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met secretly with Arab rulers last year to hear then US secretary of state John Kerry pitch a regional peace plan, an Israeli newspaper reported Sunday....
US President Donald Trump was speaking to supporters on Saturday when he apparently referred to the Scandinavian country as the site of a terror incident -- the latest example of his administration...
A two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict must include exchanges of people and land to ensure the two sides are completely separated, Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on...
Many of the doctored images will be familiar to anyone who has followed recent news Opponents of US President Donald Trump know he has responded to comments about the size of his hands before. Now,...
Iraqi government forces launched a major offensive to recapture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group on October 17, 2016. - October 17: Iraqi forces launch an offensive to drive IS out of...
The continuous whirl of hair dryers is a novel sound at the Blush Beauty Point parlour in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, which until just five months ago had to close at regular intervals because of...
First Lady Melania Trump, usually a demure and soft-spoken presence at her husband's side, broke with form, reciting the Lord's Prayer before issuing a scathing rebuke of his enemies and her critics...
K1: Koo, who at all invented politics? K2: No-one invented it! It was just ‘self-created’. Someone spat on the ground whilst passing another person one day, and the following dialogue occurred:...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday announced the launch of military operations to retake west Mosul from the Islamic State group, a statement from his media office said. "The prime...
Turkey has presented two plans to the US detailing how a joint operation could retake the IS de-facto capital of Raqa in northern Syria, a local newspaper reported Saturday. Turkish Chief of Staff...
With a new leader in the White House bent on disrupting the status quo, could it also be time for a fresh approach to Middle East peace? The United States this week encouraged a "regional" solution...
PSA Group's (PEUP. PA) Chief Executive Officer has asked for a meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May on the planned acquisition of General Motors' (GM.N) Opel and Vauxhall operations, a...
Successful hotel chain operator Toshio Motoya doesn't mind if his denial of a notorious Japanese World War II military atrocity in China drives customers away. Motoya not only penned a book calling...
