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Syria cuts gasoline subsidies, again

Amid a suffocating economic crisis and a desperate shortage of foreign currency, the Syrian government has raised the price of subsidized gasoline for the second time in three months. The Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection on Wednesday increased the price per liter from $0.87...

Russia welcomes US proposal to extend nuclear treaty

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin on Friday welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden’s proposal to extend the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries, which is set to expire in less than two weeks. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that...

Iran, pressured by blackouts and pollution, targets Bitcoin

Iran's capital and major cities plunged into darkness in recent weeks as rolling outages left millions without electricity for hours. Traffic lights died. Offices went dark. Online classes stopped. With toxic smog blanketing Tehran skies and the country buckling under the pandemic and other...

Concrete steps needed for sustainable, positive Turkey-EU ties

Concrete steps must be taken to maintain the positive trajectory of relations between Turkey and the European Union, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Thursday. Speaking at a joint press conference with the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Brussels before a scheduled...