British investigators said Friday they were probing the licence held by the pilot of the small plane carrying Premier League player Emiliano Sala that went missing over the Channel this week. The light aircraft transporting

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Mexico is prepared to host President Nicolas Maduro and his opposition rival, self-declared interim president Juan Guaido, for talks to resolve Venezuela's spiraling crisis, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday. Lopez Obrador, whose government

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Some US diplomats left the embassy in Caracas for the airport on Friday in a convoy escorted by police, according to a Reuters witness, after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro broke off relations with Washington and

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A Turkish court ordered the release on Friday of a Kurdish lawmaker jailed last year for criticising Ankara's military operation in Syria and on hunger strike for nearly three months. Though expected to walk free

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The Greek parliament on Friday narrowly ratified a landmark deal to rename neighbouring Macedonia, ending one of the world's longest diplomatic disputes and earning rich praise for the "historic" move. A total of 153 MPs

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Facebook said Friday it is trying to get its messaging apps to be friends, allowing encrypted missives be exchanged no matter which of its services are used. The leading social network is behind free, stand-alone

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Several media outlets and internet users claimed that Facebook and Instagram had "unverified" Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's accounts Wednesday and given "verified" check marks to those of National Assembly head Juan Guaido. This is false:

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Iran staged war games on Friday involving newly developed rapid redeployment units focused on fighting enemy aggressors and armed militants, state media reported, amid increased tensions with the United States and following a militant attack.

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Zinc prices hit their highest in three months on Friday on worries that weak refined output in China could send the global market into deficit. Lead also hit a three-month peak after inventories dwindled, while

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The eastern Libyan oil ports of Es Sider and Brega have been closed due to bad weather but crude production has not been affected, an official from state oil firm NOC said. Storage capacity is

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