JOLANDA DI SAVOIA, Italy (AP) — An unusual pest is ravaging crops and irking farmers in northeastern Italy: the flamingo.

National strike over pay, conditions and lack of investment on Italian railways causes widespread disruption; civil servants’ walkout across Lebanon over low pay joined by legal professionals; public ...

Rising trade tensions, global policy uncertainty, and regional conflicts are presenting challenges to economies in the Middle East and North Africa and Caucasus and Central Asia regions. Policymakers ...