The Dow Jones Industrial Average crawled higher to close Thursday's sleepy trading session in positive territory. While three major indexes started the post-Christmas session in the red, they stayed ...

Peru has declared an "environmental emergency" after an oil spill that triggered a clean-up operation on a stretch of northern coastline popular with tourists.

Rangers' recent revival came to a crashing halt as a 2-1 defeat at St Mirren allowed Celtic to stretch their Scottish Premiership lead to 12 points on Thursday.

The Arab League regional bloc called on Iran on Thursday not to fuel "strife" in Syria, after the ouster of Tehran ally president Bashar al-Assad ended decades of rule by his clan.

Swiss airlines said Thursday that an engine problem might have been what caused one of its planes to make an emergency landing this week after smoke filled the cockpit and cabin.

Three people were killed and 14 were left wounded or missing after Israeli attacks on Sanaa airport and other targets in Yemen, the Iranian-backed Huthi rebels said on Thursday.

Around 125 people have been killed in three days of violent clashes across Mozambique amid opposition-led protests over the presidential election results, a non-governmental organisation said Thursday ...