Singapore: Oil prices remained under pressure in Asia Friday after a huge jump in US crude inventories reinforced projections that a supply glut will persist well into next year. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in December was … read more
DAMASCUS: At least 22 people were killed in mortar fire Tuesday on Syria’s coastal city of Latakia, in one of the bloodiest shellings there since the country’s war began, state media reported. The toll rose to “22 people killed and … read more
FREETOWN: The World Health Organization said on Saturday that Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone had beaten an 18-month outbreak that killed almost 4,000 citizens and plunged the economy into severe recession. The former British colony recorded around half of the cases in … read more
London: The oil market rose on Friday but gains were limited by the global supply glut and after the US Federal Reserve hinted at a December interest rate hike. In midday deals in London, Brent North Sea crude for December … read more
ISTANBUL: More than 400,000 Syrian children living in Turkey are not in school, largely because of financial hardship, a plight which could push more refugees into making a desperate journey to Europe or even returning to their war-torn homeland, Human … read more