Oil falls as hopes dim for output freeze
Oil prices fell Monday on renewed doubts that OPEC will engineer an output freeze amid the global oversupply, with Iran signaling it was not...
Evacuation talks under way for besieged Syria town, says Red Cross
Humanitarian groups are negotiating with all sides for the evacuation of 400 people, many starving, from the besieged Syrian town of Madaya, the Red...
Saudi Arabia signs deals worth $10 bn with France
France on Tuesday announced a series of deals worth 10 billion euros ($11.4 billion) with Saudi Arabia, during a visit by Prime Minister Manuel...
ISIS suicide attack in mostly Kurdish Syria town kills 44
A suicide bomber riding an empty livestock truck laden with explosives blew himself up Wednesday in a crowded district in the predominantly Kurdish town...
Moscow Can Resolve Syrian War 'Thanks to Historic Ties With the Arab World'
Russia may have finally found a way to resolve the Syrian crisis, according to Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohammad Al-Attiyah, who also addressed...
Sudan and major rebel group agree to resume peace talks
JUBA/KHARTOUM, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Sudan's power-sharing government and a major rebel group active in southern borderlands have agreed to hold new peace talks...
Saudi Binladin Group to cut 15,000 jobs
Construction company Saudi Binladin Group plans to cut about 15,000 staff, people with knowledge on the matter told Reuters.
The possible layoffs at Binladin, also...
Iraq parliament orders full election recount
Iraq's parliament Wednesday ordered a manual recount of the May 12 legislative elections and sacked the commission which oversaw the polls that resulted in...
Asian stocks struggle as oil falters, China weakens
Asian stocks held near the day's lows on Wednesday as a relapse in oil prices and fresh drops in Chinese stocks made sentiment even...
Displaced Syrians weigh up grim options
About one million Syrians fled Idlib and its surrounding countryside in northwest Syria this past year.
Fighting has calmed since March when Ankara, which backs...
