Iraqi rival groups both announce parliamentary blocs to form new government
Rival Iraqi political factions said on Sunday they had each formed alliances capable of forming a government in…
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Dollar holds ground as euro comes under pressure
Dollar prices were off recent lows against major rivals on Thursday, benefiting from the euro's weakness and…
Palestinian factions differ on priorities at Cairo unity talks
Rival Palestinian factions resumed reconciliation talks in Cairo on Tuesday as differences surfaced over the best…
European markets seen higher, Swedish corporate earnings eyed
European bourses are expected to open higher Wednesday, paring losses seen Tuesday after the White House saw the…
China reportedly installs rocket launchers on disputed South China Sea island
China has installed rocket launchers on a disputed reef in the South China Sea to ward off Vietnamese military…
North Korea fires missile days after new South Korea leader pledges dialogue
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Sunday in defiance of calls to rein in its weapons program, days after…
Powerful Saudi prince sees no chance for dialogue with Iran
Saudi Arabia's powerful deputy crown prince ruled out on Tuesday any dialogue with arch rival Iran and pledged to…
Le Pen aides brush off plagiarism of Fillon in French election speech
Aides of French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Tuesday brushed off criticism of her use of…
Russia tells Libyan PM it is ready to help unify his divided country
Russia said on Friday it was ready to help unify Libya and wanted to foster dialogue between rival authorities in…
Libya rivals battle for key oil region: military source
Islamist militias on Friday attacked Libya's main oil-production area in the east, prompting the forces of…
Saudi foreign minister makes landmark visit to Iraq
The Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir has met Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, the first such visit by a…
Egypt’s Ousta accuses rival Uber of exercising monopolistic practices
Egypt’s ride-hailing company, Ousta submitted a formal complaint to the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA)…
Sony to unveil six mobile phone games next year
Sony Corp will release as many as six smartphone games in the financial year starting April in the hope of…
Monkey incident sparks clashes in southern Libyan city of Sabha, 16 dead
At least 16 people died and 50 were wounded in Libya in four days of clashes between rival factions in the…
Apple stock hits highest since December on Samsung Note 7 crisis
Apple Inc's stock on Monday jumped 2.3 percent, reaching a high not seen since December, after rival Samsung…
Uber faces pressure in Dubai as regulator signs deal with rival
Ride-hailing service Uber is under pressure in Dubai, one of the Middle East's major markets, after the…
Uber rival Grab partners with driverless car firm in Singapore
Users of ride-hailing firm Grab will be able to book driverless cars from Friday as it partners with a start-up…
Grab raises $750 million to take on Uber in Southeast Asia
Grab, the biggest rival to ride-sharing service Uber Technologies Inc in Southeast Asia, has raised $750 million in…
Samsung trips on quality control in rush to knock down Apple
In its rush to beat rival products to market, notably Apple's new iPhone, Samsung Electronics has accelerated new…
South Sudan’s capital calm after two days of gunbattles
South Sudan's capital Juba was quiet but tense on Saturday, a Reuters witness and an aid worker said, after two…
Clinton wins DC primary, as she meets with Sanders
Hillary Clinton brought a close to the presidential primary season with a win Tuesday in the nation's capital and…
Citigroup, U.S. Bancorp exit money-losing Brazil card venture
Citigroup Inc and U.S. Bancorp have agreed to sell Brazilian card payment processing joint venture Elavon do Brasil…
United Tech rejects Honeywell’s $90.7 billion offer
U.S. industrial conglomerate United Technologies on Friday rejected a $90.7 billion offer by rival aerospace…
Sharp to vote on rival takeover bids on Thursday -Reuters
Sharp Corp (6753.T) plans to choose between rival rescue offers as soon as Thursday, as a favoured bid from…
Syrian rebel splits deepen after failed ‘merger’ with al Qaeda arm
The leader of al Qaeda's Syrian wing tried unsuccessfully at a recent meeting to convince rival Islamist factions…
JPMorgan Chase says it is building a rival to Apple Pay
JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) said on Monday it will soon launch its own competitor to Apple Pay that will allow…
Libyan talks aim for agreement before Ramadan
The first ever face-to-face talks between rival Libyan factions, held in Berlin on Wednesday, have been positive,…
To Ride or Not To Ride?!
A rival hit Facebook in Egypt and Middle East after a photo for a woman wearing face-veil and riding a bicycle with…
Mercedes hits 1st Place in Egypt, BMW racing Key Rival – Poll
Mercedes was ranked first in the Egyptian market throughout 2014 as a new opinion poll has found. The Egyptian…
Shunned By Egypt, Hamas Reaches Out To Palestinian Rival Abbas
Hamas, its Gaza Strip stronghold cut off by the new military-backed government in Egypt, called upon rival…
Rival Koreas Set For First Official Talks In Over Two Years
North and South Korea will meet for working-level discussions at a border village on Sunday, South Korea's…
UK’s High-Speed Mobile Service Costs $9bln
Everything Everywhere said its plan to offer high-speed mobile-phone services as the first U.K. operator will spur…
Intel Challenges “Antitrust Fine” in European Court
U.S. chip-maker Intel Corp will ask Europe's second-highest court in July to scrap a 1.06 billion euro EU antitrust…
ZTE Undercuts Rivals as U.S. Carriers Reduce IPhone Subsidy
ZTE Corp. -China’s second-largest maker of phone equipment- said it has a chance to undercut competitors including…
Nestle Wins Pfizer’s Battle
Swiss food group Nestle is to buy drug maker Pfizer's baby food business for $11.85 billion, beating out French…
Nokia Loses “IPCom” Court Case in Germany
Nokia lost a court case on Friday after a regional court in Mannheim, Germany, found the Finnish mobile phone…
Nokia Ditches Sales Chief as Smartphone Disappoints
Nokia ditched its sales chief and promised to slash more costs, as the Finnish cell phone maker runs out of time to…
Sony Misses a Standout Feature in Recovery Strategy
Sony has little chance of winning back its reputation as an innovator or vaulting ahead of stronger rivals with the…
IBM Enters the Competition of Info Tech Maintenance Product
IBM is taking aim at competitors such as Hewlett Packard Co and Oracle Corp with PureSystems, a new product line…
Obama Puts Taxes at Center of Campaign Fight
With his Republican opponent now almost certain to be Mitt Romney, a multi-millionaire, President Barack…