OPEC heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Iraq agreed on Monday on the need to extend a global cut in oil supply by nine months in an effort to prop up crude prices, removing a potential stumbling block as producing countries prepare to meet this week. Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said he...

A Palestinian tried to stab Israeli police in the occupied West Bank on Monday and was shot dead, Israeli authorities said as U.S. President Donald Trump visited Jerusalem. The incident occurred in the Abu Dis area, near Jerusalem but located in the West Bank. No police officers were hurt,...

 Security forces Monday fired tear gas at protesters as they tried to storm a gas and oil installation in southern Tunisia, local radio stations said. Residents have been camping outside the El Kamour gas and oil pumping station in the Tataouine region for around a month to demand they...

Russia agreed Monday to lift remaining trade sanctions against Turkey imposed in the wake of the shooting down by Turkish air forces of a Russian warplane over the Syrian border in 2015. The state-run Anadolu news agency said a corresponding accord was signed on the sidelines of a summit of...