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Oil prices bounce back on eve of OPEC meeting

Oil prices bounced back in Asia Thursday but trading was cautious on signs the OPEC cartel is divided ahead of a meeting on whether...

ISIS destroys bridge as Iraqi forces close in on Ramadi

Besieged Islamic State militants in the Iraqi city of Ramadi destroyed a lock on the Euphrates River that served as a bridge as government...

U.N. watchdog set to close nuclear weapons probe of Iran

The U.N. nuclear watchdog is expected on Tuesday to close its 12-year investigation into whether Iran had a secret nuclear weapons program, a key...

Saudi pricing shows oil volatility in action amid oversupply

Saudi Arabia's decision to lower prices for oil loading in November shows that the battle for market share in an over-supplied Asian crude market...

Syria's Assad flies to Moscow to thank Russia's Putin for air strikes

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flew to Moscow on Tuesday evening to personally thank Russia's Vladimir Putin for his military support, in a surprise visit...

Suicide bombings in and around Iraqi capital kill 27 people

Two suicide attacks in and around the Iraqi capital on Thursday killed at least 27 people and wounded dozens, officials said. The deadliest attack took...

Saudi Arabia asks nations to respond to Iran with ‘firmness’

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Thursday urged Muslim nations to confront with "all means of force and firmness" recent...

Dubai police say New Year's fire cause by electrical short

The fire which engulfed one of Dubai's most prominent skyscrapers ahead of New Year fireworks was caused by an electrical short, Dubai's police chief...

Saudi FM says Assad should leave sooner, not later

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Saturday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave at the beginning of a political transition, not at...

Saudi Arabia considers military option against Al Assad

Saudi Arabia has not ruled out talking to Iran on Syria, but calls Tehran an occupying force Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Tuesday there is...

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