Oil posts second weekly decline as demand concerns overshadow Saudi cut
By Shariq Khan BENGALURU (Reuters) – Oil prices fell more than a dollar a barrel on Friday to record a…
Middle East
Goldman Sachs: “Fully orthodox” policy maker could raise Turkey rates to 40%
LONDON (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs said on Friday the appointments of Mehmet Simsek as Turkish finance minister and Hafize Gaye…
French Alps attack exposes Macron’s challenges on immigration
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – The knife attack on toddlers in a French Alpine town, suspected to have been…
Sudan factions agree day’s truce designed to ‘break cycle of violence’
DUBAI (Reuters) -Sudan’s warring sides have agreed a nationwide, 24-hour ceasefire from Saturday morning, U.S. and Saudi Arabian mediators said,…
Israeli soldier kills Palestinian after checkpoint confrontation – officials
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – A Palestinian driver was shot dead at an Israeli army checkpoint near Ramallah in the…
Analysis-Inside OPEC+, Saudi ‘lollipop’ oil cut was a surprise too
By Dmitry Zhdannikov, Ahmad Ghaddar and Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia kept under wraps its plan to make…
Saudi Arabia’s golf coup highlights Biden’s human rights bind
By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis RIYADH/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) signed a deal this…
Two senators propose to bar US FAA from using Chinese drones
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators said on Thursday they had proposed barring the Federal Aviation Administration…
Oil prices partially recover after US, Iran deny reported nuclear deal
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -Oil prices settled lower on Thursday but rebounded from earlier losses after the U.S. and Iran…
US denies report of nearing interim nuclear deal with Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Thursday denied a report that the United States and Iran were nearing an interim…