]Oil prices rallied on Tuesday, aided by hopes of Chinese stimulus, helping to offset concerns about high supplies, traders said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in July jumped $1.04 to
Search teams rescued five people floating on a life raft after their single engine aircraft went down off the Bahamas, the US Coast Guard said Tuesday. The five were spotted Monday evening
Leticia Sibanda, 20, a vendor in, Harare, looks into the sky, with her eyes showing signs of desolation following a government directive for merchants to vacate the streets they have been occupying
Burundi’s government defied opposition demands Tuesday for President Pierre Nkurunziza to end a third-term bid for power, as the UN warned the country risked being “catapulted” back into civil war. “This decision
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded a Syrian drug trafficker and two Saudis convicted of murder, despite concerns raised by rights’ experts that trials are not conducted fairly in the kingdom. Their cases
Syrian rebel forces seized a major army base in the southern province of Daraa on Tuesday, after 24 hours of fighting, a rebel spokesman and a monitor told AFP. “The 52nd Brigade
Iran will not tolerate demonstrations against the presence of women at male sporting events, a government spokesman said Tuesday, after threats from ultraconservatives to disrupt any relaxation of restrictions. The comments came
An Egyptian court Tuesday upheld death sentences against 11 football fans over a February 2012 riot in the eastern city of Port Said that cost the lives of 74 people. The Port
Sen. Bukola Saraki (APC-Kwara Central) was on Tuesday sworn-in as President of the 8th Senate, while Ike Ekweremadu (PDP-Enugu-West) was sworn in as Deputy Senate President. Saraki’s swearing in by Clerk of
Representatives of Libya’s warring factions are to head to Berlin later Tuesday for talks with the major powers on a proposed peace deal, the UN mission said. UN envoy Bernardino Leon presented
