Iran to be invited to next round of talks on Syria: U.S. official
Iran will be invited to participate in talks in Vienna on Friday to discuss ending the conflict in Syria, a dialogue aimed at finding...
Oil prices slide as Britain votes to leave EU
World oil prices plunged Friday, mirroring sentiment on stock markets, as the dollar strengthened in reaction to Britain voting to bolt from the European...
Nigeria rules out cutting oil production
Nigerian authorities said Wednesday the country will not cut oil production even as nosediving crude prices caused by a global supply glut ravage revenue.
US...
Samsung flags 15% rise in Q4 operating profit
Samsung Electronics on Friday flagged a 15 percent increase in 2015 Q4 operating profit, rounding off a year in which the world's largest smartphone...
HRW: Smuggled Syria photos 'damning evidence' of crimes against humanity
Photographs of thousands of people who reportedly died in government detention centres in Syria present "damning evidence" of crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch...
Israeli who burned Palestinian alive ruled 'sane'
A psychiatrist has ruled that an Israeli found to have led the burning alive of a Palestinian teenager in 2014 was responsible for his...
Syria army bombs splintered Ghouta enclave as bodies pile up
New air strikes and barrel bombs pounded Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Sunday as government forces pressed a three-week advance that splintered the rebel enclave...
Aid rushed to Yemen island after cyclone displaces over 40,000 – U.N.
Aid flights rushed food and tents to the Yemeni island of Socotra, local officials said on Wednesday, after it was hit by a rare...
Gunmen shoot Egypt university dean
Masked men on a motorcycle shot and wounded the dean of an Egyptian university Thursday outside his home, police said.
Abdel Hakim Nur al-Din, head...
Turkey and Israel expel envoys over Gaza violence
Turkey and Israel expelled each other's senior diplomats on Tuesday in a dispute over the killing by Israeli forces of 60 Palestinians a day...
