World oil prices rose further Tuesday on forecasts that US shale oil production will decline and hopes the Chinese government will roll out a stimulus package for the slowing economy.
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter acknowledged Wednesday that Al Qaeda was seizing terrain amid the chaos in Yemen, but vowed that Washington would continue to combat the extremist group despite ongoing fighting
France's National Front, one of the most powerful far right parties in Europe, was expecting significant gains against President Francois Hollande's ruling Socialists in local elections on Sunday.