Economy & Business
Stocks retreat, oil slides as China steps up virus response
Investor nerves over the spread of a deadly new virus from China hammered equities and oil benchmarks on Thursday, as authorities moved ...Russia, China make UN proposal to ease N.Korea sanctions
– Russia and China on Monday proposed easing sanctions against nuclear-armed North Korea, in response to steps the North takes towards denuclearization. ...Iran unveils budget of ‘resistance’ against US sanctions
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday presented to parliament what he called a “budget of resistance” against crippling sanctions imposed by arch-enemy ...Over half a million march as France paralysed by strike
The strike has revived memories of the three-week-long strikes over pension reforms that crippled France in 1995 (AFP Photo/CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU) A nationwide ...Iran leader backs petrol price hike that sparked deadly unrest
Iran\'s supreme leader threw his support behind a decision to hike petrol prices, a move that sparked nationwide unrest in which he ...Protests spread across Lebanon over proposed new taxes
Lebanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters in Beirut after they tried to push through security barriers around ...US slaps sanctions on Turkey as Syrian regime returns to north
The United States slapped sanctions on Turkey as it demanded an end to the deadly incursion against Syrian Kurdish fighters, accusing its ...Russia, Saudi Arabia seal key oil deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a key deal with Saudi Arabia during a key visit for an OPEC+ grouping aimed at stabilising ...Iran says oil tanker struck by missiles off Saudi Arabia
Two missiles struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia, Iranian officials said, the latest ...Egypt decreases fuel prices for the first time in decades
Egypt’s government is decreasing fuel prices for the first time in decades ...








