A Hamas official on Friday accused US envoy Steve Witkoff of distorting reality after he announced Washington's withdrawal from Gaza truce talks and accused the group of blocking a deal.

Legendary Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx was discharged from hospital on Friday following complications after a hip fracture, his wife Claudine told Belgian daily newspaper Het Nieuwsblad.

Almost half of the 266 deaths linked to Pakistan's heavier-than-normal monsoon rains were children on their national school holidays, officials said Friday.

When the first salvo of Cambodian artillery screamed across her village, Thai seamstress Pornpan Sooksai's thoughts turned to her five beloved cats: Peng, Kung Fu, Cherry, Taro and Batman.

The Easter period usually offers a rare respite in Gedeb, in Ethiopia's deeply troubled north, but on April 17 death rained from the skies in this sleepy town caught up in a war between rebels and the ...

Stalked by war and hunger for two years, more and more Sudanese civilians are desperately seeking safety in Europe, braving perilous crossings of the Libyan desert and the Mediterranean Sea.

Centene stock was tumbling on Friday after ballooning medical costs led to the health insurer reporting a surprise quarterly ...

GameStop shares are missing the latest bout of meme-stock trading.

US President Donald Trump estimated Friday that there was a 50 percent chance of Washington being able to strike a deal with the European Union to reduce import tariffs.

US President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed the decision by France's Emmanuel Macron to recognize a Palestinian state as pointless.

US President Donald Trump said Friday that Hamas did not want a ceasefire deal in Gaza, after Israel and the United States quit indirect negotiations with the Palestinian militant group.

Wall Street stocks edged higher early Friday as investors absorb recent gains and look ahead to market-moving events next week, including a Federal Reserve decision on interest rates and major tech ...