Italy hits Amazon with a €10m fine over anti-competitive practices
Italy's antitrust authority has imposed a fine of 10 million euros ($10.70 million) on two Amazon subsidiaries over…
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US-Russia dossier research was originally funded by the Clinton campaign and the DNC
Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped pay for research leading to the infamous…
‘Trump dossier’ on Russia links now part of special counsel’s probe:…
The special counsel investigating whether Russia tried to sway the 2016 U.S. election has taken over FBI inquiries…
South Africa mulls fate of Mugabe’s wife after assault claim
In a tit-for-tat dispute, Zimbabwe blocked flights by South Africa's government-owned airline on Saturday amid…
Petition builds against Macron’s First Lady plans
More than 220,000 people have signed a petition against French President Emmanuel Macron's plans to create a…
Australia to hold new inquiry into ‘Big Four’ banks
Australia will hold an inquiry into competition in the country's financial system, following a series of scandals…
Rights group accuses Syria of several likely nerve agent attacks
Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Syrian government forces of likely dropping bombs containing nerve agents at…
France’s Fillon says would launch probe into Hollande if elected
French presidential candidate Francois Fillon, an outsider to win after involvement in a financial scandal, said on…
Evacuations of opposition fighters resume in Syria’s Homs
Syrian state TV says scores of opposition fighters and their families have left the central city of Homs after…
Cairo court renews detention of journalist Ismail Alexandrani
A Cairo criminal court renewed on Saturday the detention of Egyptian journalist and researcher Ismail Alexandrani…
South Korean opposition vows justice as Park prepares Blue House exit
The South Korean politician likely to emerge as the next president promised justice and common sense on Sunday as…
European markets close slightly higher
European stocks closed slightly higher on Wednesday as investors digested corporate earnings as well as fresh…
Dollar prices hold gains on Fed’s near-certain March rate hike
The dollar steadied on Tuesday as investors widely expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next week and…
France’s Le Pen refuses to be questioned by judges in EU jobs affair
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen refused to attend a summons by judges over allegations of misuse of European…
Melania Trump re-files Daily Mail lawsuit without controversial wording
Lawyers for U.S. First Lady Melania Trump have re-filed a defamation case against UK newspaper Daily Mail. The new…
Trump ‘willing to work with Russia and China’
US President-elect Donald Trump says he is willing to work with Russia and China, providing they cooperate. Mr…
Trump rejects new ‘compromising’ Russia claims
Donald Trump has decried as a "political witch hunt" US media reports that Russian intelligence agencies have…
Trump election: Russia ‘tired’ of US hacking ‘witch-hunt’
Russia says US allegations that it ran a hacking campaign to influence the American presidential elections are…
Samsung offices raided amid presidential scandal
South Korean prosecutors raided the offices of Samsung Electronics Co. early Tuesday morning amid allegations that…
Trump won’t commit to accept poll result
U.S. Republican Donald Trump has refused to commit to accepting the election result if he loses, in the final TV…
Stop whining over rigged election claims: Obama tells Trump
U.S. President Barack Obama lacerated Donald Trump Tuesday over his repeated assertions that the November 8…
Russia’s Putin dismisses U.S. hacking allegations as vote rhetoric
Russia's President Vladimir Putin dismissed allegations Sunday of Russian hacking attacks on the United States,…
Parliament names former Maj Gen as new supply minister
Egypt's parliament approved on Tuesday the appointment of Major General Mohamed Ali El-Sheikh as supply minister…
Apple denies iPhone price-fixing allegations in Russia
Apple Inc on Tuesday rejected allegations from Russia's state competition watchdog it may have been involved in…
Facebook defends position on content standards after Israeli censure
Facebook is doing its share to remove abusive content from the social network, it said on Sunday in an apparent…
Mark Zuckerberg to meet conservatives on political bias issue
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will meet this week with prominent conservatives in the media, a spokesman…
Facebook launches probe into report of political bias
Facebook Inc, the social networking powerhouse, is conducting a full investigation into allegations of political…
Journalist Ismail Alexandrani’s detention extended for 15 days
Cairo State Security Prosecution renewed Monday the detention of journalist and researcher Ismail Alexandrani for…
Israel’s vice premier resigns amid harassment allegations
Israeli Vice Premier Silvan Shalom, a veteran politician in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud…
UN Closing the Books on Decade-Long Nuke Probe of Iran
The U.N. nuclear agency is set to close the books on a decade-long probe of allegations that Iran worked on atomic…
Apple apologises after allegations of racism by Australia schoolboys
Apple has apologised to six schoolboys asked to leave one of their shops in Australia, in what the students…
Russia needs own investigation into doping allegations: Putin
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Russia needed to conduct its own investigation into allegations its…
UPDATE: Egypt agriculture minister arrested over corruption allegations – sources
Egyptian authorities have arrested the country's agriculture minister over corruption allegations on Monday,…
Vatican finance chief facing ‘sociopath’ claim
Vatican's finance Chief George Pell is seeking legal advice after being accused of "almost sociopathic" approach to…
UBS in ‘Advanced Talks’ with US on Foreign Exchange Probe
UBS says it is in "advanced talks" with the US Department of Justice to settle allegations that it attempted to rig…
Airbus to sue over US-German Spying Row
Aviation giant Airbus says it will file a criminal complaint over allegations that German intelligence helped the…
IDB rebuts Bloomberg’s Statement on Egypt Repayment Issues
Ahmad Mohamed Ali, president of the Islamic Development Bank Group, has emphatically denied allegations on…
Sarkozy rejects Receiving 50 mln Euros from Muammar Gaddafi
France's Nicolas Sarkozy has angrily denied claims he received money from deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to…
Raghad Saddam Hussein renounces Iraqi coup
Raghad Saddam Hussein, daughter of the late Iraqi president, denied allegations of planning a coup in Iraq. “Some…