Iran’s currency is continuing its downward spiral as increased American sanctions loom, hitting a new low on the thriving black market exchange.

Oliver Dragojevic, one of the most popular pop singers in the former Yugoslavia, has died at 70.

Zimbabwe votes Monday in an election that could, if deemed credible, tilt the country toward recovery after years of economic collapse and repression under former leader Robert Mugabe. If it is flawed and disputed, as some predict, the southern African nation could slide deeper into upheaval.

Egypt’s president says he is 'upset' over recent online postings calling on him to step down over the country’s troubled economy.

Fiat Chrysler’s late founding CEO Sergio Marchionne was a notorious workaholic who regularly slept on a corporate jet while landing in the headlines for his shrewd deal-making. Despite his very public profile, he kept a secret even from his board: he’d been seriously ill for more than a year.

Voting started slowly Sunday as people in Mali head to the polls to vote for a president amid increasing attacks by a number of extremist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State organization.

Iraq’s prime minister on Sunday suspended the country’s electricity minister over a power crisis amid mushrooming protests in the country’s Shiite heartland demanding better services and jobs.

Sophie Steiert opens a bag of kosher gummy bears and offers them to 20 other German teenagers seated around her in their high school classroom.

An Israeli Arab lawmaker says he is resigning from parliament for 'ideological reasons' to protest the recent passage of a controversial law enshrining the state’s Jewish character.

A police officer who was among China’s top 100 international fugitives has returned from the United States to face charges of taking bribes, a state news agency said Sunday.