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Somalia's khat ban leaves Kenyan farmers in despair

Kenyan workers involved in supplying khat were left wondering if their livelihood would ever return Thursday following Somalia’s sudden and unexplained ban on the mildly narcotic plant. The farmers, packers, transporters and wholesalers of khat, known as miraa in Kenya, were shocked Monday...

Apple unveils iPhone 7

Apple Inc unveiled its new water and dust-resistant iPhone 7 with high-resolution cameras at its fall product event on Wednesday, and said a Super Mario game was coming to the new phone and Pokemon Go would feature on its upgraded Apple Watch. The excitement at the Bill Graham auditorium in...

World to need 2OM barrels of oil a day by 2020

The world will need 20 million barrels of oil every day to meet rising demand in the face of lower crude production, the president of oilfields services giant Halliburton said Wednesday. Regarding low oil prices and the hurdles in the global oil industry, Jeff Miller said capital...

Iraq militia fighters join battle for Aleppo

An Iraqi Shi'ite militia said on Wednesday it had dispatched more than 1,000 fighters to the frontline in neighboring Syria, escalating foreign involvement in the battle for Aleppo, the biggest prize in five years of relentless civil war. New footage emerged of civilians choking in the...