Mexico's telecoms regulator has discussed forcing billionaire Carlos Slim to legally separate part of his fixed-line company Telmex from the rest of the company, three people familiar with the matter...
When Gambian intelligence officers arrested journalist Ebrima Manneh at his newspaper, he asked an office guard to save some tea. "I'm coming right back," he said, according to colleague Alhagie...
Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross is expected to be easily confirmed as U. S. Commerce Secretary on Monday, clearing President Donald Trump's top trade official to start work on renegotiating trade...
"Most notably in the West, it's not uncommon to see a home come off the market within a month," Yun Contracts to buy previously owned U. S. homes dropped in January on a shortage of inventory in the...
Oil prices rose on Monday as investors showed record confidence in prices rising further, though gains were capped by the prospect of faster growth in U. S. oil production. Brent crude oil LCOc1 rose...
A senior opposition negotiator at Syria peace talks in Geneva said on Monday his delegation would meet Russian foreign ministry officials later in the day to discuss promises that Moscow had not...
UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic have prevented heavily armed militia launching an attack on the town of Bambari. A spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission, Vladimir Monteiro, said...
Russia has released anti-Kremlin activist Ildar Dadin from a Siberian prison, freeing the first person jailed under new rules that made some forms of non-violent protest a criminal offence, his...
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has called on the United Nations to take "urgent measures" following months of tensions with the Polisario independence movement in the disputed Western Sahara region. The...
President Donald Trump ratcheted up an increasingly hostile feud with the media, announcing he will skip a century-old annual correspondents' dinner a day after a fierce row erupted over press access...
Media groups have reacted angrily after several, including the BBC, were barred from an informal briefing with White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. The excluded New York Times said the move was...
Mexico has warned the US against imposing a unilateral tax on Mexican imports to finance a border wall, saying it could respond in kind. Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said the government could...
The White House has barred several major broadcasters and newspapers from attending an informal press briefing. The BBC, CNN, the New York Times and others were excluded from an audience with Press...
President Donald Trump's White House barred several major US media outlets from a daily press briefing Friday, raising accusations of favoritism. The White House excluded some outlets that have...
US President Donald Trump has vowed to start building a wall on the Mexican border “soon, way ahead of schedule”, in a speech at a conservative event. Addressing the Conservative Political Action...
President Donald Trump declared China the "grand champions" of currency manipulation on Thursday, just hours after his new Treasury secretary pledged a more methodical approach to analyzing Beijing's...
China for the first time became Germany's most important trading partner in 2016, overtaking the United States, which fell back to third place behind France, data showed on Friday. German imports...
China called on the US to shoulder more responsibility in tackling North Korea's rogue nuclear programme Friday, slapping down claims by President Donald Trump that Beijing could bring the isolated...
U. S. oil prices fell on Friday after government data released late on Thursday showed stockpiles rose last week for a seventh straight week, although losses were muted as inventory growth was well...
A protest against xenophobic attacks in South Africa has taken place at the offices of South African-owned mobile phone giant MTN in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. There are reports that some windows were...
