ERBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan — It has been nearly a year and a half since the Iraqi Kurds held their referendum on independence. The fallout from the referendum, which faced stiff opposition from Baghdad, the United States, …
It was a state secret and the source of a kingdom’s riches. It was so important that US military planners once debated how to seize it by force. For oil traders, it was a …
U.S. senators from both parties on Tuesday asked Energy Secretary Rick Perry for details about recent approvals for companies to share nuclear energy information with Saudi Arabia, with the lawmakers expressing concern about possible …
The ruling party is set to lose control of Turkey’s two biggest cities in a surprise election setback. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan‘s party has challenged the results of the local elections in the country’s …
Saudi state oil and gas giant Aramco has announced purchase of petrochemicals giant SABIC for $69.1 billion, Aramco said in a statement on Wednesday. “Saudi Aramco today announced the signing of a share purchase …
TUNIS (Reuters) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on Sunday left a summit of Arab leaders in Tunis that had gathered the rulers of Saudi Arabia and Qatar for the first time …
Protesters throughout Algeria again took to the country’s rain-soaked streets for the fifth weekend running to voice their unequivocal rejection of the latest bid by the country’s 82-year-old president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, to retain his faltering …
TELL ALO/MANBIJ, Syria — On a recent morning Sheikh Humaydi Daham al-Hadi reclined on a velvet floor sofa, puffing on a cigarette with a roguish glint in his eye as he held court in …
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria’s army chief said the public had expressed “noble aims” during protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the ruling FLN party withdrew its support for him, in the heaviest blows for …
Qatar will launch an energy-focused Islamic lender later this year with a targeted capital of $10 billion to finance both domestic and global projects, an executive said Tuesday. Tiny but wealthy Qatar is one …
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