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Iran seals GTL deal with South Africa

ENERGY

Iran seals GTL deal with South Africa

Iran's Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) and South Africa’s national oil company PetroSA have signed an agreement over the production of gas to liquids (GTL) in Iran.

Obama in Germany to push trade deal

FOREIGN POLICY

Obama in Germany to push trade deal

President Obama is using his trip to Germany to build momentum for a controversial trade deal between the US and the European Union.

Ex-Qatari PM's Syria bombshell revisited

SAUDI ARABIA

Ex-Qatari PM's Syria bombshell revisited

The former Qatari prime minister’s bombshell in a recent interview with the Financial Times largely went unnoticed but Arab observers are calling for explanations about the Saudi role in the Syria crisis.

Ousting Assad would be mistake: Obama

FOREIGN POLICY

Ousting Assad would be mistake: Obama

President Obama says it would be a mistake for the US and its allies to topple the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Israel to grab more Palestinian land

PALESTINE

Israel to grab more Palestinian land

Israel is set to confiscate 1,250 acres of Palestinian land for the construction of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank village of Jalud.