Oil will blow past $80 a barrel in 2016
The next big move in the price of oil will be up. For now, OPEC producers are flooding the market with cheap crude. But...
Kuwait backs alliances against ISIS, but no troops
Kuwait backs international efforts against hardline Islamist groups in Iraq and Syria although the Gulf Arab state's constitution prevents it from fighting in anything...
Iraq Kurd chief announces 'liberation' of Sinjar from ISIS
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani announced the "liberation" of Sinjar from the Islamic State group Friday in an assault backed by US-led strikes that...
Turkish Cypriot official: No tensions if waters divvied up
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Tensions over the search for oil and gas off ethnically divided Cyprus would fade if Greek Cypriots agreed to divvy...
UN says Saudi charity will provide aid money for Yemen
The U.N. humanitarian chief says a humanitarian organization founded by Saudi Arabia's king has signed eight agreements with the United Nations that will provide...
Netanyahu is given 48 hours to form unity govt
As Israel's unprecedented political deadlock has persisted, there have been widespread calls for an interim, national unity government to combat COVID-19, which has infected...
Istanbul bomber registered in Turkey but not on wanted list
A suicide bomber who killed himself and 10 tourists, most of them German, in Istanbul's historic heart had registered with Turkish immigration authorities but...
Saudi Naimi says global oil demand can absorb Iran output jump
Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Naimi said on Friday growing global demand could absorb an expected jump in Iranian production next year while the...
Meeting held to push Syrian peace process forward in New York
Some 20 foreign ministers gathered Friday for the latest conference on Syria's civil war, hopeful about arranging a cease-fire and launching peace negotiations in...
Iran to send team to Saudi Arabia to discuss Hajj pilgrimage
Iran plans to send a delegation to Saudi Arabia to discuss new arrangements for the Hajj pilgrimage to Makkah, Iran's Tasnim news agency said on...
