Oil producers struggle with budgets after price collapse
Oil producing countries are scrambling to fill gaping holes in their budgets torn by crashing petroleum prices, with some turning to international lenders for...
Beijing vows justice after ISIS kills Chinese captive
China vowed on Thursday to bring to justice those responsible for killing one of its citizens after ISIS said it had executed a Chinese...
Saudi economic reform plan aims for revenue surge
Saudi Arabia plans to more than triple the government's non-oil revenues and clamp down on public-sector salaries over the next five years, ministers said...
Russian defense minister: Russia rearms Kyrgyzstan to counter ISIS
Russia is actively rearming the armed forces of Kyrgyzstan to help it counter the threat posed by Islamic State to Central Asia, Russian Defence...
UN Syria envoy seeks Aleppo truce
No aid convoys have reached civilians trapped in besieged areas of Syria this month and a humanitarian task force has been suspended as a...
Vienna update: Saudi and Russia exchanged lists of Syrian opposition groups who should be...
Russia's deputy foreign minister says Russia and Saudi Arabia have exchanged lists of Syrian opposition groups who should be involved in political talks over...
Al-Khodari: Saudi construction sector faces tough times ahead
Saudi Arabia's construction industry faces difficult times ahead as the prospect of state budget cuts adds to painful labour reforms, according to major builder...
One dead, 10 injured in blast near Nuremberg, Germany
An explosion killed at least one person and injured 10 others near the German city of Nuremberg on Sunday in what authorities said was...
Yemen peace talks to start Dec 15 alongside ceasefire
Yemen's warring parties are expected to observe a humanitarian truce and start U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Switzerland from Dec. 15 in a bid to...
Suicide bomber kills 10 people, mainly Germans, in Istanbul
A suicide bomber thought to have crossed recently from Syria killed at least 10 people, most of them German tourists, in Istanbul's historic heart...
