A Spanish High Court judge investigating former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero for suspected corruption has opened a separate probe over jewellery found during a search of his office, the court said on Friday. Zapatero, prime minister from 2004 to 2011, remains a leading figure
A memorandum between the United States and Iran to halt the war in the Gulf could be signed as soon as Sunday, a Western source told Reuters on Friday, with Geneva emerging as the likeliest venue. The source said language in the memorandum was still being finalised and Iran was sticking to
An American businessman who wrote a book about living through a military coup in Myanmar was detained on his return to the Southeast Asian nation on Thursday, according to two people briefed on the matter. Adam Castillo, a former head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar who is based in
Few business leaders have been as deeply embedded in popular culture as Elon Musk, the ambitious entrepreneur who has become a central figure in internet culture and amassed a fortune that has made him the world's first trillionaire. At a time when concerns about inequality are high and public at
India urged the United States to halt strikes on shipping on Thursday after three US attacks on Indian-crewed tankers this week, including one that killed three sailors. The deaths are the first reported since a US blockade on Iran-linked shipping began on April 13 in which US forces have di
