The US federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s request to reinstate a travel ban blocked by a federal judge on Friday. The late night ruling means the travel ban will remain...
Stock investors could have at least one less worry in the next earnings period: the suddenly limp U. S. dollar. The greenback, whose strong rally after the Nov. 8 U.S. election hit profits at many...
U. S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered reviews of major banking rules that were put in place after the 2008 financial crisis, drawing fire from Democrats who said his order lacked substance...
The father of a suspected militant shot by French soldiers as he carried out a machete attack at the Louvre museum in Paris says his son is not a terrorist. Retired police general Reda al-Hamamy said...
US President Donald Trump has vowed to overturn a legal ruling which suspended his ban on travellers from seven mainly Muslim countries. He described federal judge James Robart as a “so-called”...
Wall Street's top banks expect just two rate hikes from the Federal Reserve this year and see only modest risk to the U. S. central bank being pressed into a more aggressive pace of monetary policy...
Several institutions in Norway have been targeted by hackers believed to be linked to Russia, the security service (PST) has warned. The Labour Party, defence and foreign ministries and the security...
the Dow jumped 175 points to 20,060, with Goldman Sachs contributing the most gains. The S&P 500 rose 0.7 percent, with financials rising 1 percent. The Nasdaq advanced 0.4 percent. The U. S. economy...
Angola’s long-time President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has confirmed he will step down before August’s poll and has announced his likely successor. He told a meeting of the governing MPLA party...
Angola’s long-time President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has confirmed he will step down before August’s poll and has announced his likely successor. He told a meeting of the governing MPLA party...
Government says it has inherited a budget deficit of around 10 percent of economic output, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta told Reuters on Wednesday, double the 2016 target set by the previous...
Oil prices edged up on Friday on news that U. S. President Donald Trump could be set to impose new sanctions on multiple Iranian entities, firing geopolitical tensions between the two nations....
Oil prices fell on Thursday after official data showed U. S. crude and gasoline stockpiles rose sharply, although signs that OPEC and other producers are holding the line on output cuts helped...
The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U. S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the...
There have been scuffles between Israeli protesters and police seeking to evacuate an unauthorised settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank. Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that Amona must be...
Britain's withdrawal from the European Union seems likely to end up under review by the EU's top court, which might insist on changes to any Brexit treaty, its chief justice told Reuters in an...
The dollar recovered a little ground on Wednesday after recording its worst start to the year in three decades on concerns the United States was poised to ditch its two-decade-old "strong dollar"...
Oil edged further above $55 a barrel on Wednesday supported by signs that Russia and OPEC producers are delivering on promised supply reductions, although a report showing a large rise in U. S. crude...
A European Parliament deadline for France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen to return more than €300,000(£257,000; $321,000) it says she has misspent, has passed. The presidential candidate had...
Leading platinum mining firm Zimplats says Zimbabwe's government is trying to forcibly take half of its mining ground, and has given it 30 days to object. This is the third time since February 2012...
