
ENERGY
Oman backs Iran in Saudi freeze row
Oman has lent weight to Iran in a row over a Saudi proposal to freeze oil output at current levels, saying the Islamic Republic must be exempted from the plan.

Oman has lent weight to Iran in a row over a Saudi proposal to freeze oil output at current levels, saying the Islamic Republic must be exempted from the plan.

An international human rights organization says Britain is setting a dangerous precedent by undermining human rights across the globe.

The Palestinian minister for prisoner affairs says at least 60 Palestinian minors are currently being held under house arrest in al-Quds (Jerusalem).

Syria’s Assad assures Russia’s Putin of readiness to respect a recently brokered ceasefire in Syria.

Iran is expecting to sign $10-15 billion of oil deals within a year under a new contract model which is undergoing modifications, head of the top state oil company NIOC says.

A court in Bahrain gives the leader of the country’s largest leftist political party a one-year prison sentence.

The US will use the Syria ceasefire to re-arm and re-group militant forces in the country, says a political analyst.

Ramon Castro, the elder brother of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, dies at the age of 91.

Twenty three people are killed in a plane crash in Nepal.

Egyptian army forces kill 12 Takfiri militants and arrest over three dozens during operations in the troubled Sinai Peninsula.

South Korea rejects China’s warning that the planned deployment of a US missile system would harm Beijing-Seoul ties.

Azerbaijan’s state oil firm SOCAR says it is looking to revive trade with Iran as the two neighbors are strengthening relations.

An Israeli settler runs over a sexagenarian Palestinian woman and her daughter, killing the mother.

Israeli NGOs say Palestinian detainees are abused by Israeli interrogators.

US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has blasted the Republican camp for a “racist effort” to delegitimize President Obama.

Ayatollah Khamenei says the enemy has failed to prevent people’s allegiance to the Islamic establishment.

At least 25 Daesh terrorists are killed in US drone strikes in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar.

French President Hollande vows to step up efforts for a political transition in Syria in the wake of a truce deal.