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A Saudi dissident has filed a lawsuit against an Israeli surveillance company, claiming its sophisticated spyware targeted him and helped lead to the killing of his friend, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The suit, filed in a Tel Aviv court on Sunday,

Qatar is to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) next month, the Gulf emirate’s new Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi announced on Monday. “Qatar has decided to withdraw its membership from OPEC effective January 2019,” Kaabi said at a

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