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Israeli police on Sunday recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on bribery charges related to a corruption case involving Israel’s telecom giant, prompting immediate calls for his resignation. Police say their investigation has established an evidentiary foundation to charge Netanyahu and

Leaders of the Group of 20 agreed Saturday to fix the world trading system after difficult, all-night talks in the Argentine capital, but only 19 of them agreed to support the Paris accord on fighting climate change with the United States

Police fired tear gas, stun grenades and water cannon in battles with “yellow vest” protesters around the Champs Elysees in Paris on Saturday, marking the third weekend of demonstrations across France against high living costs. Police said 205 people had been

Killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul has been a test for many countries, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a press conference at the G20 summit Saturday. “We have evidence that Saudi journalist Khashoggi was killed in 7.5 minutes,

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush died Friday aged 94. Family spokesman Jim McGrath confirmed his death in a brief statement but did not specify a cause. Bush served as the U.S.’s 41st president following his role as President Ronald Reagan’s

French parliament voted in favor of a ban on parents exerting physical, verbal or psychological violence on children, reversing parental rights to discipline children using corporal punishment granted under Napoleon in the early 1800s. Members of the French parliament voted in

An ancient tomb dating back to late Roman period was found Friday in the Aegean resort town of Bodrum in southwestern Turkey’s Muğla province following the heavy rains that left the town underwater. According to Anadolu Agency, the tomb that was

G20 leaders including the presidents of the United States, Russia and China opened summit talks on Friday stalked by the deepest divisions in the group’s 10-year history. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump had a brief meeting