
ENERGY
KOGAS to build Iran-Oman gas pipeline
Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) is reportedly considering a plan to build a subsea natural gas pipeline between Iran and Oman.

Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) is reportedly considering a plan to build a subsea natural gas pipeline between Iran and Oman.

The UN chief calls for an investigation into recent Saudi airstrikes on a market in Yemen that killed more than a 100 people.

US military officials say more than a dozen US military personnel have been punished for bombing a hospital that killed 42 people in Afghanistan.

At least 19 Palestinian pilgrims have been killed and dozens more injured in a bus crash in southern Jordan.

Bernie Sanders has “every chance” to beat his rival, Hillary Clinton, and be nominated by the Democratic Party.

A French archbishop has been accused of covering up for pedophile priests.

Moody’s rating agency cuts its outlook for the Saudi banking system from "stable" to "negative" as low oil prices batter the kingdom's economy.

Israeli extremists make death threats against Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Qiq.

The Iraqi president says popular volunteer forces and Kurdish Peshmerga will join the battle to liberate Mosul from Daesh terrorists.

Anti-gun activists stage a die-in protest in front of the Trump Tower to slam Donald Trump’s campaign for the 2016 presidential election.

Turkey deports a UK academic after he was found with invitations to a Kurdish celebration of the Persian New Year.

US President Barack Obama names Merrick Garland, a moderate centrist, to replace late Antonin Scalia in the Supreme Court.

The Belgian premier says the country’s terror alert would stay at the second-highest level.

Russians have emerged victorious in a standoff with the US over the Syrian crisis, says an analyst.

US parties can disregard popular vote and select whichever candidate they prefer, says a GOP official.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff names her predecessor as her new chief of staff.

Pro-Israel political forces in the US have launched a massive media campaign against Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.

IHS Jane's says the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group has lost control of 22 percent of territory it held since January 2015.