CAIRO/WASHINGTON  – Leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar on Thursday called on Israel and Hamas to meet for negotiations on Aug. 15 in order to finalize a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal.

GEORGETOWN, Texas – As with any desktop 3D printer, the Vulcan printer pipes layer by layer to build an object – except this printer is more than 45 feet (13.7 m) wide, weighs 4.75 tons and prints residential homes.

The U.S. Department of Energy is loaning $1.45 billion to support a South Korean company’s bid to build up key parts of the solar supply chain inside the United States

OTTAWA  – Canada and Australia, expressing alarm at China’s claims over the disputed waters of the South China Sea, on Thursday said they would increase their military and defense industry cooperation.

The world is falling well short of a promise signed at global climate talks last year to triple the amount of wind power, according to research by an energy think tank released Thursday

Dubai International Airport has seen a record 44.9 million travelers pass through its terminals in the first half of this year

Egypt’s local currency is sliding against the U.S. dollar after recent increases in fuel prices and subway fares

LONDON/CHICAGO – Britain and Egypt asked their airlines on Wednesday to avoid Iranian and Lebanese airspace amid growing fears of a possible broader conflict in the region after the killing of senior members of militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah.

WASHINGTON/SYDNEY  – The United States and Australia kicked off high-level talks on Tuesday that will focus on China’s “coercive behaviour”, as well as the AUKUS nuclear submarine project and mounting tensions in the Middle East, officials said.

A U.N. humanitarian official tells the Security Council that life-saving supplies are “ready to be loaded and dispatched” to a famine-stricken displacement camp in Sudan but the civil war’s combatants won’t let them through