BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The lawyer for Carlos Tevez says the father of the Argentina and Juventus star has been kidnapped by unknown assailants on the outskirts of the Argentina capital Buenos Aires. Lawyer Gustavo Galasso described the family ...

... * Benghazi forces lose base to Islamist forces, 30 killed. * Foreign diplomats flee chaos in Tripoli. * Fighting worst since the 2011 war against Gaddafi (Adds kidnapping of lawmaker). By Ayman al-Warfalli. BENGHAZI, Libya, July 29 (Reuters) - Militant ...

WASHINGTON – Despite three weeks of relentless attacks by Israeli forces to destroy their arsenal of weapons, Hamas militants in Gaza may still have nearly 5,000 rockets, enough to keep firing at Israeli cities for weeks. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said ...

The Ebola outbreak in western Africa has prompted airport controls of passengers following the death of a Liberian in Nigeria last week. More than 670 people have died in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia since March. Flugzeug der Airline ASky.

Nothing stirs up the specter of the Cold War like a good old-fashioned arms control violation. Amid the rising tension over Ukraine, President Obama's stern letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin this week seemed like one more dive back into the deep ...

TRIPOLI - Libya is pumping crude oil at around 500,000 barrels per day and all its oilfields are secure despite continued violence, an official from the Libyan Oil Ministry said on Tuesday. Intense fighting in the eastern city of Benghazi, where many oil ports are ...

TRIPOLI - Libya is pumping crude oil at around 500,000 barrels per day and all its oilfields are secure despite continued violence, an official from the Libyan Oil Ministry said on Tuesday. Intense fighting in the eastern city of Benghazi, where many oil ports are ...

Belarus could follow Russia's lead by banning imports of beef, milk and dairy products from Ukraine, the head of the country's food safety watchdog, Yury Pivovarchik, was quoted as saying Tuesday by ITAR-Tass. Russia's food safety watchdog earlier this ...

Since China's supreme leader Xi Jinping came to power less than two years ago, he has steadily detained the allies of Zhou Yongkang, a retired member of the Chinese Politburo Standing Committee. The official announcement Tuesday that Mr. Zhou himself ...

Brussels: After months of hesitation, the EU finally agreed Tuesday to impose economic sanctions against Russia, hoping to make it change course in Ukraine as fighting intensified around cities held by pro-Moscow rebels. The new measures impose ...

TEVEZ-KIDKNAPP BUENOS AIRES, July 29- The father of Argentine football star Carlos Tevez was kidnapped Tuesday in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, local media reports said. Local media reported that Juventus forward was flying home from Italy in ...

JERUSALEM, July 29 (Reuters) - An Israeli television station retracted its report on Tuesday that a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict had been agreed, saying instead there was "movement" toward a truce between Israel and the Palestinian territory's dominant ...

A major West African airline has stopped flying to Liberia and Sierra Leone amid growing concern about the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Asky said it took the decision to keep "its passengers and staff safe during this unsettling time". It is the second airline ...

The world's 1.6 billion Muslims are celebrating the festival of Eid al-Fitr, one of the the biggest religious events in the Islamic calendar. Azerbaijani Muslims pray in Taza Pir Mosque in the Azerbaijan"s capital Baku, on Muslims in Azerbaijan pray in the Taza Pir ...

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry today showed their support for children of the Commonwealth during a visit with UNICEF to the athlete's village at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. UNICEF staff at the ...

Liverpool have completed the signing of Belgium striker Divock Origi but the 19-year-old will immediately be loaned back to French club Lille for next season. The youngster impressed at the World Cup but had been on the Reds' radar long before that, haivng ...

Ghana will start investor meetings by the end of next month as it seeks to sell its third Eurobond and plug a budget deficit that helped push the cedi to the world's worst-performing currency. A study on whether to go ahead with the offer of about $1.5 billion has ...

Ghana will start investor meetings by the end of next month as it seeks to sell its third Eurobond and plug a budget deficit that helped push the cedi to the world's worst-performing currency. A study on whether to go ahead with the offer of about $1.5 billion has ...

Ghana will start investor meetings by the end of next month as it seeks to sell its third Eurobond and plug a budget deficit that helped push the cedi to the world's worst-performing currency. A study on whether to go ahead with the offer of about $1.5 billion has ...

Then China's Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang reacts as he attends the Hebei delegation discussion sessions at the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing in this October 16, 2007 file photo.