Oil rose on Monday, supported by an improvement in Chinese factory data, rising energy demand and hopes for an agreement in the United States on more coronavirus-related economic stimulus. Brent crude LCOc1 rose 82 cents, or 1.9%, to $45.22 a barrel by 12:58 EDT (1658 GMT). West Texas...

World stocks ended four days of gains Friday after US. President Donald Trump cranked up simmering tensions with China by banning US transactions with two popular Chinese apps, Tencent's WeChat and ByteDance's Tiktok. Chinese stocks led losers in Asia and its currency slumped after Trump...

Oil prices rose to their highest since early March on Wednesday after data showed a big drop in U.S. crude inventories, although concerns that mounting coronavirus infections will lead to reduced fuel demand capped gains. Brent crude was up $1.03, or 2.3%, at $45.46 a barrel by 0951 GMT,...

Lebanon's foreign minister announced his resignation Monday in protest at the government's mishandling of the worst economic crisis in decades that has forced Beirut to ask for IMF support. "I have decided to resign today as foreign minister," Nassif Hitti said in a statement seen by AFP,...