Saudi energy giant Aramco is ready for a two-stage IPO but the timing is up to the government, its chief executive said Tuesday, flagging a possible foreign listing as part of the offering. Aramco is "ready" for the giant initial public offering (IPO) but the timing is a "government...

The U.S. military is likely to accelerate the pace of its operations in Afghanistan to counter an increase in Taliban attacks, a senior U.S. general said on Monday following Washington’s suspension of peace talks with the insurgents. U.S. Marine General Kenneth McKenzie, the head of U.S....

(Zaman Al Wasl- The Kurdish-led forces on Monday have released four activists in eastern Raqqa province after a month of arbitrary arrest, local monitoring group reported. Salah al-Katea, Anas al-Abbo, Iyas al-Abbo and Khalid al-Salama were detained by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)...

 Human rights activists in Mexico had already suffered a bad year by the time 58-year-old Cristina Vazquez was murdered in her apartment in an affluent Mexico City neighborhood at the end of June. Vazquez was the 13th human rights defender in Mexico likely killed for her activism in...