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...

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have pledged $100 million to a women's business fund supported by Ivanka Trump, daughter of the president who Monday wound up a visit to Riyadh. World Bank president Jim Yong Kim announced the donation from both oil-rich Gulf states Sunday, during a...

 Iraq has achieved its share of the production cuts agreed by OPEC and non-OPEC producers at the end of last year but remains ready to meet future oil demand growth, Iraqi oil minister Jabar al-Luaibi said in a speech Monday. "Iraq as the second-largest producer in OPEC confirms its...

Two Iraqi officers say an attack on a military training center in Diyala north of Baghdad has killed at least four soldiers and wounded four, including two officers. The officers say six attackers struck the base Monday morning. Five detonated suicide vests once inside the center and the...