Tom A. Peter | The Christian Science Monitor | Getty Images A masked interpreter, left, patrols the streets of Baghdad with a US Army unit. U.S. forces have begun reducing their numbers in Iraq after Iraqi authorities declared “victory” over Islamic State, an Iraqi government spokesman said on Monday. Iraqi …

Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ryanair planes on the tarmac in Stansted, U.K. The budget carrier in September announced thousands of flight cancellations due to a shortage of standby pilots and then narrowly averted Christmas strikes with a shock last-minute decision to recognise unions. Average fares in the …

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, gestures while standing next to a printing plate for $1 dollar notes bearing Mnuchin’s name at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. The political calculations appear fairly straightforward. …

Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images The Singtel headquarter building in Singapore on May 12, 2016. Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) said it would spend up to $413 million on shares in India’s Bharti Telecom, lifting its stake slightly in the holding company for Bharti Airtel to just under half. “While …

Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images IATA CEO Alexandre De Juniac on December 8, 2014. The growing cost of airport infrastructure poses risks to the airline industry’s profitability and growth, the head of the International Air Transport Association said, adding there was an infrastructure crisis almost everywhere in the …

Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images IATA CEO Alexandre De Juniac on December 8, 2014. The growing cost of airport infrastructure poses risks to the airline industry’s profitability and growth, the head of the International Air Transport Association said, adding there was an infrastructure crisis almost everywhere in the …

U.S. stock futures fell sharply on Sunday as Wall Street added to the large losses set last week. Dow Jones industrial average futures pulled back 209 points and briefly fell more than 250 points, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures declined 18.25 points and 38.50 points, respectively. The major …

Steve Dipaola | Reuters Officials investigate the scene where an Amtrak passenger train derailed on a bridge over interstate highway I-5 in DuPont, Washington, December 18, 2017. A crash between an Amtrak passenger train and a CSX freight train near South Carolina’s capital killed two people and injured nearly 90 …

Amy Langfield | CNBC A new Siemens-built Amtrak Cities Sprinter locomotive passes work crews in Hamilton, N.J., where a new substation and catenary system will support future high-speed rail. An Amtrak train traveling in South Carolina collided with a CSX freight train on Sunday, killing two people and injuring at …

Saul Loeb | Contributor | Getty Images US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) arrive prior to a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. China urged the United States to drop its “Cold War mentality” and not misread its …