The S&P 500 is once again in striking distance of the 6000 mark as the final hour of trading begins. The market benchmark was up less than 0.1% t0 5,998.91 just around 3 p.m. ET. Any move higher would ...

Arab and Muslim leaders on Monday called for a ban on the export of weapons to Israel, during a summit in Saudi Arabia focused on ongoing regional wars.

A 76-year-old monk died on Monday after being attacked by a man shouting "I am Jesus Christ" in a monastery in southeastern Spain, the religious order said.

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"The world is waiting" for Donald Trump's incoming US government to "immediately" end Israel's wars with Hamas and Hezbollah, Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref told a summit of Arab and ...

Police in Montenegro have arrested a local businessman in the capital Podgorica on suspicion of assaulting a journalist, which the prime minister on Monday slammed as an "unacceptable act".

A Spirit Airlines flight to Haiti's troubled capital was forced to divert to the Dominican Republic when gunfire struck the jet, the American carrier said Monday, adding that a crew member suffered ...

Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich pledged on Monday to annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank in 2025, calling Donald Trump's return to power in the United States "an important ...

Iraq's anti-corruption agency on Monday announced an investigation into a prime ministerial aide over an alleged audio recording in which he referred to a bribe as being too small.

Russian human rights group Memorial has told AFP that Moscow's crackdown on dissent since invading Ukraine is vastly underestimated, with thousands of Russian and Ukrainians jailed for political ...

In a bid to dodge a US lawsuit, Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprungli has scuppered its own claims about the excellence of its ...

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned Monday that letting Russia win in Ukraine would represent a loss for the United States, as Donald Trump prepares to return to the presidency.