Image caption Muadhamiya, near Damascus, is one of the areas due to receive help The Syrian government has approved humanitarian access to seven besieged areas, the UN has said. Convoys Continue Reading
For decades, the royal family has used the kingdom’s immense oil wealth to lavish benefits on its people, including free education and medical care, generous energy subsidies and well-paid government Continue Reading
The chief executive of General Electric Co. GE 2.12 % ’s oil-and-gas business has visited Tehran to explore business opportunities there, the company said, the first known visit by an Continue Reading
Turkey amplified the big-power tensions over the increasingly chaotic war in Syria on Tuesday, saying it is in discussions with allies, including the United States, over collaborating on a military Continue Reading
Turkish artillery has returned fire “in kind” into Syria, military sources said on Tuesday, marking its fourth straight day of shelling across the border. Turkey on Monday warned Kurdish militia Continue Reading
Libya’s internationally recognized parliament in Tobruk, the House of Representatives, decided to postpone a vote on a national unity government until Feb. 23, giving prime minister-designate Fayez Sarraj until Feb. Continue Reading
President John Dramani Mahama has projected Ghana’s oil production to hit half a million barrels per day in 2020. Addressing a business forum in Iran during an official visit, President Continue Reading
The Port of Hong Kong is losing its prominent place on global trade maps. The city’s port, which was the world’s busiest as recently as a decade ago, slid to Continue Reading
China’s credit monster roared to life in January, but there are reasons this isn’t the powerful force it seems. Total financing in the economy grew strongly in January, led by Continue Reading
China’s state-owned Sinopec will shut four oilfields this year at Shengli in the eastern province of Shandong, a company newspaper said late on Tuesday, as low global oil prices take Continue Reading
