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No-deal Brexit 'could cost 600,000 jobs worldwide': study

A British departure from the European Union without a deal could put 600,000 jobs around the world at risk, with Germany the hardest hit, a study published Monday found. Researchers at the IWH institute in Halle, eastern Germany, examined what would happen if UK imports from the remaining...

France agrees 'strategic' pact with Qatar

Qatar and France signed a deal Monday to cooperate on security and economic matters, in a boost to the tiny Gulf state still locked in a diplomatic rift with neighbouring Saudi Arabia and its allies. Qatar's top diplomat Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met with his French counterpart...

UAE expects oil market to balance in first quarter

The energy minister of the United Arab Emirates said Monday supply and demand in the oil market should balance out in the first quarter of 2019, following weeks of output cuts. "My expectation is that we will see the balance during the first quarter unless something happens," Suheil...

Police prevent pro-Kurdish protest in Istanbul

Dozens of Turkish police blocked a march by pro-Kurdish opposition lawmakers in Istanbul on Monday that was organised in solidarity with a hunger striking MP who was released from prison last month. Security officers carrying anti-riot shields surrounded around 40 MPs and activists from the...