Oil settles up $2 on optimism about US debt ceiling, demand
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -Oil prices settled up about $2 on Wednesday as optimism over oil demand and U.S. debt…
Middle East
Exclusive-Qatar fund explored claims against Switzerland for Credit Suisse losses
By Stefania Spezzati, Paritosh Bansal and America Hernandez (Reuters) – Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, Credit Suisse’s second-largest investor, has explored…
Why Hamas was not Israel’s target in Gaza airstrikes – this time
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s latest round of airstrikes against Palestinian militants in the Gaza…
Russia confirms Black Sea grain deal renewed for two months, says ‘distortions’ remain
(Reuters) – Russia confirmed on Wednesday that a deal to allow Ukraine to export its grain safely across the Black…
Arab League head welcomes Syria back into the bloc
DUBAI (Reuters) – Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit welcomed Syria back into the bloc on Wednesday, as Arab…
Syria’s Assad to steal spotlight at Arab summit after years in the cold
By Aziz El Yaakoubi RIYADH(Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a pariah for more than a decade, is expected to…
Oil dips as weaker China, US economic data offset IEA demand forecast
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil futures dipped on Tuesday as weaker-than-expected economic data in China and the…
European leaders meeting in Iceland to count cost of Russia’s war
By Andreas Rinke and Michel Rose REYKJAVIK (Reuters) -Ways to hold Russia to account for its war against Ukraine, including…
Turkey election results show Erdogan dominating in quake-hit region
By Ali Kucukgocmen and Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party came out on top in…
U.S. charges Chinese national with providing weapons materials to Iran
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States has charged a Chinese national with violating U.S. sanctions by providing to Iran…