Already pressured by the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal, Iran faces a major test in managing cleric Moqtada Al Sadr, a formidable opponent who beat...
Shanghai/Tokyo: Asian stock markets dipped on Wednesday after Pyongyang abruptly called off talks with Seoul, throwing a US-North Korean summit into doubt,...
Seoul: North Korea threw next month's unprecedented summit between Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump into doubt on Wednesday, threatening weeks...
Muscat: The price of Omani crude oil (futures) crossed $75 per barrel on the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) on Tuesday morning, marking a three-year high...
Brussels: Europe and Iran sought a common front on Tuesday to save the nuclear deal without the United States, although some diplomats doubted privately it...
Brussels: Iran's talks with European countries to save the nuclear deal are on the right path despite the US withdrawal, its foreign minister said after...
Istanbul: Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan said he plans to take greater control of the economy after presidential elections next month and the central bank will...
Washington: President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to revisit penalties for Chinese company ZTE Corp for flouting US sanctions on trade with...
Dubai: Qatar Petroleum (QP) said on Tuesday it was inviting international companies to bid for the development and operation of a new petrochemicals complex...
New Delhi: Indian Power Minister Piyush Goyal will temporarily take additional charge of the finance ministry until Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recovers...