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IMF to increase Egypt's bailout loan to $8 billion to shore up its economy

Egyptian economy has been hit hard by years of government austerity, covid pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

4 UN military observers wounded in explosion in Lebanon's southern border

The military observers are part of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, which supports the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL

Several people held hostage at a nightclub in Netherlands: Local police

The hostages were being held in Cafe Petticoat, a popular bar and nightclub in Ede

US welcomes new Palestinian govt following its call for political reform

The Palestinian Authority administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It is headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who has not faced an election in almost two decades

US mining uranium as prices soar and govt pushes for more nuclear power

The work is unfolding as global instability and growing demand drive uranium prices higher

Baltimore bridge collapse: Focus on removing heavy structure from water

To go out there and see it up close, you realize just how daunting a task this is, Governor Wes Moore said Friday afternoon as the massive crane loomed behind him

Pope skips Good Friday event to preserve health ahead of Easter: Vatican

It was the first time he had skipped the traditional, evocative event in his 11-year papacy, an event that St. John Paul II famously skipped just before he died in 2005

US probes complaints of Ford pickups downshifting without warning

The company said it's working with NHTSA to support the investigation. Ford's F-Series pickups are the top-selling vehicles in the US

Court denies Bolsonaro's request for passport return to travel to Israel

Bolsonaro's lawyers said in a statement on Thursday that Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had invited Bolsonaro to an event in May, and requested the Supreme Court to restore his passport

9 detained in Tajikistan in relation to Moscow concert hall attack: Report

Those detained are also suspected of having connections with the Islamic State group, according to RIA Novosti

Want to see 'more good inflation readings' before rates are cut: Powell

But the central bank's policymakers, he said, need to see further evidence before they would cut rates for the first time since inflation shot to a four-decade peak two years ago

Huawei's profit more than doubles, sales rise 9.6% on back of cloud biz

Huawei's rotating chairman Ken Hu said the company's figures were in line with forecasts

Working for release of Wall Street Journal reporter held in Russia: Biden

Biden said that the US was working to free all Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad

Russia launches 99 drones, missiles on Ukraine's energy system: Israel

Air raid warnings rang out across the country, with 10 Ukrainian regions coming under fire, the country's Interior Minister, Ihor Klymenko, said

France asks for foreign police, military help with Paris Olympics security

The Interior Ministry said Friday that the request for foreign security assistance was made in January, seeking nearly 2,185 reinforcements

NYC to try gun scanners in subway system to deter violence underground

The scanners will be introduced in certain stations after a legally mandated 90-day waiting period, Mayor Eric Adams said

5 dead, over 100 hospitalised from recalled Japanese health supplements

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. came under fire for not going public quickly with problems known internally as early as January

Cranes arriving to remove wreckage from deadly Baltimore bridge collapse

Federal and state officials have said the collision and collapse appeared to be an accident

Baltimore bridge collapse: New structure would take years, cost $400 mn

Realistically, the project could take five to seven years, according to Ben Schafer, an engineering professor at Johns Hopkins University

Immigrants contribute to economy but there's worry over risks: US citizens

The share of Americans who say that there's a major risk that legal immigrants will commit crimes in the US has increased