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Saudi raps oil producers over flouting of output cuts

OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia urged oil producers on Thursday to comply with output cuts decided last year in a bid to stabilise a slumping oil market and support prices. "Every country should live up to its commitments," new Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said as a committee...

Detained mogul's presidential run tests Tunisia's democracy

Media magnate Nabil Karoui’s run for president was testing the rules of Tunisia’s young democracy even before he was put in custody last month charged with tax fraud and money laundering. As his unlicensed news channel broadcasts footage of him doling out aid to the poor, Karoui, 56, is...

Mid-Autumn Festival lantern protests to light up Hong Kong

Hong Kong activists will combine anti-government protests with lantern celebrations marking the Mid-Autumn Festival this weekend after a brief lull in sometimes violent demonstrations which have rocked the Chinese-ruled city since June. The protests include another in a series of “stress...