South Africa's government has proposed a national minimum wage of 3,500 rand ($242; £199) a month. About 47% of working South Africans earn less than the wage, which is being introduced to combat...
Days of deadly tribal clashes have erupted in southern Libya after a pet monkey attacked a high school girl. Abdel-Rahman Areish, the head of Sabha city hospital, told The Associated Press news...
Angela Merkel told top members of her party on Sunday that she wants to run for a fourth term as German chancellor in next year's election, senior party sources told Reuters, after months of...
The death toll following the derailment of a train in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state has now passed 100, with more than 150 injured, police say. Fourteen carriages of the Indore-Patna Express...
The United States proposed on Friday that the United Nations Security Council blacklist South Sudan opposition figure Riek Machar, South Sudan army chief Paul Malong and South Sudan Information...
As U. S.-backed Iraqi forces close in on the Islamic State's hub of Mosul, the leader of the terror network has become so insecure about his own safety that he refuses to emerge from his underground...
U. S. opens door to oil exports after year of pressure A domestic drilling boom of the past six years has transformed the U.S into an energy powerhouse. The Obama administration on Tuesday bowed to...
Japan's Universal Entertainment Corp (6425. T) lost an appeal on Thursday in its defamation suit against Reuters, as a court upheld a lower court's ruling that the news agency did not imply that the...
Dozens of protesters demanding a military coup have forced their way into Brazil’s lower chamber of Congress in the capital, Brasilia. At least 40 demonstrators scuffled with guards and took over...
Japan's PM is set to become the first foreign leader to meet US President-elect Donald Trump, since the election last week. Shinzo Abe said he wanted to "build trust" and "work together for...
BHP Billiton is still uncertain when its Samarco joint venture will restart as complex negotiations with all stakeholders continue. “It has to make economic sense, and have a practical set of...
Lawyers for former French President Nicolas Sarkozy say they will take legal action against a businessman, Ziad Takieddine, over allegations that deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi bankrolled his...
The ride-hailing service has not found open arms in Taiwan. The government wants it gone. Taiwan on Wednesday asked Apple and Google to step into its ongoing dispute with ride-hailing service Uber....
Air strikes and artillery have pounded rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo for a second day, killing dozens of people, damaging medical facilities and flattening residential buildings. Sources...
China's most-wanted corruption suspect returned to China from the United States on Wednesday after turning herself in, a major victory for the ruling Communist Party's overseas hunt for fugitive...
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM. N) is negotiating with Chad over a record $74 billion fine the U.S. oil company was told to pay by a court in the central African nation over unpaid royalties, Bloomberg...
Islamic State has summarily killed 21 civilians in Mosul it accused of collaborating with U. S.-backed security forces, which said their offensive to recapture the city from the jihadists had made...
Putin was informed about the case when the investigation was first launched against Ulyukayev. Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev on Tuesday over allegations...
Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela left some 46 million rand ($4.1 million) in assets to family members, former staff, several schools and South Africa's ruling party, his will executors said Monday....
President-elect Donald Trump announced his transition team on Friday, and it features a slew of prominent business leaders who supported the Republican during his campaign. Vice President-elect Mike...
