BNP Paribas reported a forecast-beating jump in quarterly earnings thanks to a surge in trading activity, boosting the French bank's struggling stock price as it pushes ahead with cost cuts to improve profitability.

Profit rose in the fourth quarter compared to the same period of the previous year for French banking giant BNP Paribas. BNP Paribas reported on Tuesday that its fourth-quarter net income, group share,

Two Israeli soldiers were killed and eight wounded when a gunman opened fire on troops in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, setting off a gunfight in which the shooter was killed by Israeli soldiers,

At least six people were injured in a shooting attack at a checkpoint in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Tuesday morning, according to the Israeli military and area hospitals. The Israeli military said an attacker fired at soldiers at a checkpoint in the village of Tayasir,