New York, Sept 16 (AFP/APP):Purdue Pharma has filed for bankruptcy in a settlement aimed at preventing further legal action over painkiller OxyContin, blamed for plunging millions into addiction and fueling
Kabul, Sept 16 (AFP/APP):Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who is seeking re-election later this month, on Monday refused at the last minute to take part in a TV debate with his
Riyadh, 16 Sept, (ALJAZEERA) Oil prices surged more than 15 percent to their highest level in nearly four months after an attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities that knocked out
Riyadh, Sept 16 (AFP/APP):Saudi Arabia is believed to be on track to quickly restore at least a third of its oil production lost to devastating attacks, as it scrambles to
Brussels, Sept 16 (AFP/APP):Britain has still not proposed any workable alternatives to the Northern Ireland "backstop" provisions of its Brexit withdrawal agreement, the EU said Monday after talks between bloc
Moscow, Sept 16 (AFP/APP):Russia has placed S-400 missile defence systems at the Novaya Zemlya archipelago as Moscow seeks to increase its military presence in the Arctic, the defence ministry said
SEOUL, Sep 16 (YONHAP/APP):South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump will hold summit talks in New York late this month on the sidelines of a U.N. session,
Madrid, Sept 16 (AFP/APP):Spain's King Felipe VI began meeting parliamentary leaders Monday in an eleventh-hour bid to form a government and head off what would be the country's fourth elections
Yangon, Sept 16 (AFP/APP):Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar still face a "serious risk of genocide", UN investigators said Monday, warning the repatriation of a million already driven from the country
TASHKENT, Sep 16 (XINHUA/APP):Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed a decree to create the Chirakchi Free Economic Zone (FEZ) to attract foreign direct investment to the southeastern Kashkadarya region, Uzbek