(Reuters) - Oil prices edged up in early Asian trading on Friday benefiting from positive technical price momentum, but analysts said it was too early for a trend reversal of steep recent price falls as structural oversupply remains in place. While the fundamental outlook for oil...

(Reuters) - Asian shares stepped back on Friday and major currencies  mostly stuck to late U.S. levels as investors caught their breath, after Switzerland's unexpected move to abandon its currency cap jolted markets already roiled by plungingcommodities prices. The euro...

(Reuters) - Arab foreign ministers on Thursday endorsed a Palestinian plan to resubmit a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council calling for  Israel  to withdraw from occupied territories by late 2017. The United States helped defeat a similar draft resolution in a...

(Reuters) - Islamic State has executed a Syrian it accused of belonging to a militant cell that ambushed its fighters and blew up its vehicles in the town of al-Mayadin near the border with Iraq , a monitoring group that tracks the conflict said on Thursday. Islamic State...