In the first salvo in a week-long push to overhaul America's infrastructure, President Donald Trump on Monday announced a plan to privatize the nation's air traffic control system.

Shoppers in Doha were taking no chances on Monday despite Qatari officials reassuring residents there was no need to panic after Saudi Arabia imposed a de facto food blockade.

Stock markets were lower Monday as traders reacted to the latest terror attacks in London, just days ahead of a British general election.

The global economy is set to post solid growth this year, amid improving world trade and better performance by large emerging markets, but key risks could still threaten the outlook, the World Bank said Sunday.

He had just secured a great win, but on the night Emmanuel Macron captured the French presidency, several hundred far-left and anti-capitalist activists and anarchists took to the streets.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has "timed well" this Thursday's snap general election because Britons face a major squeeze on consumer spending in the coming years, economists say.

The battle is on in Barcelona, Spain's popular Mediterranean city where two airlines have started competing for passengers in the emerging trend of low-cost, long-haul flights.

Top airline industry players are meeting Monday and Tuesday in Cancun to seek alternatives to the U.S. and British bans on laptops and tablets on certain flights, which they say is hurting business.

SGBL Bank on Thursday invited a large number of clients, prospects and public figures from the Bekaa region to a conference entitled “Investment in Bekaa - Horizons, Incentives and Opportunities”, moderated by Yasser Akkaoui, director of Executive magazine, at the Massabki Hotel in Chtaura.

US coatings firm PPG announced Thursday it was abandoning its bid to take over its Dutch rival, the world's leading paintmaker AkzoNobel, in the wake a bitter court battle.