(Zaman Al Wasl) In tandem with the destruction of all aspects of life in Sunni-majority areas opposed to the Assad regime, the latter has been working on a plan, since 2011, to create an advanced industrial base in pro-regime areas amid aims to rely on this area as a substitute for the...

LONDON (Reuters) - European shares edged down across most bourses and sectors on Thursday as a new batch of third-quarter results brought in some disappointments to investors, notably forecast misses from France’s Publicis, Dutch-British Unilever and Germany’s Kion. By 0715 GMT, the...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thirty years ago, before heading to work at the New York Stock Exchange, Peter Kenny left his home in lower Manhattan and made a detour to the nearby Our Lady of Victory church to pray to St. Jude, the Roman Catholic patron saint of desperate and lost causes. The...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Closing arguments in the U.S. trial of former HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) executive Mark Johnson came to an end Wednesday, with a lawyer for the government urging jurors to convict Johnson of defrauding a client. Prosecutors have claimed Johnson, the former head of...