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Is South Africa edging out Turkey as the big EM short?

Move over Turkey and Argentina, emerging markets investors have another country to sweat over: South Africa.

Israel infuriated as IAEA recognizes Palestinian state

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has recognized Palestine as a state by allowing it to join the body as an observing member, a move that drew fire from the Israeli regime.

War with Iran ‘based on a lie,’ Sanders vows to do his best to ‘stop US attacking Iran’

US 2020 presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders says a war with Iran would “be based on a lie” just like the US invasion of Vietnam and Iraq in the past, vowing to do whatever he can as an American senator to “stop US attacking Iran.”

Macron's senior advisor arrives in Tehran for talks to reduce tensions

Senior advisor to French President Emanuel Macron arrived in Tehran late on Wednesday to hold talks with local officials as part of European efforts to reduce tensions between Iran and the US.

Exclusive: US tells India it is mulling caps on H-1B visas to deter data rules - sources

The United States has told India it is considering caps on H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, widening the two countries’ row over tariffs and trade.

Iran’s IRGC force shoots down intruding US spy drone

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has shot down an intruding American spy drone in the country’s southern coastal province of Hormozgan.

US considers three sanctions packages on Turkey over Russian S-400 systems

US President Donald Trump’s administration is weighing three packages of sanctions against Turkey over Ankara’s decision to acquire advanced Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems.

Russia censures MH17 probe’s findings as groundless

Russia's Foreign Ministry has decried as “groundless” the accusations made by an international team investigating the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

Tanker attack dirty politics to provoke Iran-US war: Iran’s UK envoy

Iran’s ambassador to the United Kingdom has dismissed as fabrications the so-called evidence implicating Iran in a recent attack on two tankers in the Sea of Oman, saying the incident was a plan to provoke US-Iran war.

Keep your 'black hand' off Hong Kong: China tells western forces

China has backed a decision by Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam to suspend an extradition bill that sparked the biggest protests since 1997, warning against attempts of "black hand" Western forces to exploit the issue to destroy the region’s stability.

Four Indian troops killed in fresh Kashmir clashes

Indian soldiers have engaged in a new gun battle with Kashmir fighters after a car bomb attack and other clashes left four soldiers and three militants dead in the disputed Himalayan region over the past 48 hours.

Scottish MP slams PM hopeful Johnson as racist, says he is unfit to govern UK

The top Scottish member of the British parliament has denounced the main candidate seeking to become the country’s next prime minister, saying he is a “racist” who cannot be trusted to lead the United Kingdom.

Erdogan says Morsi 'murdured,' calls for action against Egypt government

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for the prosecution of Egyptian government officials who "murdered" the country's first democratically-elected president Mohamed Morsi.

Egypt condemns UN call for independent probe into Morsi’s death

Egypt has rejected a call by the United Nations for an “independent” investigation into the death in court of the country’s first democratically-elected President Mohamed Morsi, saying the world body is “politicizing” the death.

China’s Xi hails ‘irreplaceable friendship’ with North Korea ahead of visit to Pyongyang

Chinese President Xi Jinping says his government supports North Korea’s “correct direction” in politically resolving issues, just a day before he arrives in Pyongyang at the invitation of the North’s leader Kim Jong-un.