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Brent crude oil holds above $48, few analysts see quick recovery
January 16, 2015
Brent crude oil holds above $48, few analysts see quick recovery
Brent crude oil futures edged higher on Friday, holding above $48 a barrel as analysts said prices were well supported around…
Merkel ‘understands’ concerns of PEGIDA backers
January 15, 2015
Merkel ‘understands’ concerns of PEGIDA backers
Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday she understood many of the concerns that drove people to join populist protests, even though…
Belgian police kill two in raid on suspected Islamists
January 15, 2015
Belgian police kill two in raid on suspected Islamists
Belgian police killed two men who opened fire on them during one of about a dozen raids on Thursday against…
Hezbollah says Assad’s allies have right to respond to Israeli attacks in Syria
January 15, 2015
Hezbollah says Assad’s allies have right to respond to Israeli attacks in Syria
Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday that Israeli strikes inside Syria were also an aggression against Syria's regional allies…
Man held in Belgium over possible weapons sale to Paris attacker
January 15, 2015
Man held in Belgium over possible weapons sale to Paris attacker
Belgian authorities have detained a man for arms dealing and are investigating whether he supplied one of the Islamist gunmen…
Islamic State beheads militiaman as opposition attacks mount
January 15, 2015
Islamic State beheads militiaman as opposition attacks mount
Islamic State has executed a Syrian it accused of belonging to a militant cell that ambushed its fighters and blew up…
Insight – PEGIDA’s anti-Muslim calls shake up German politics
January 15, 2015
Insight – PEGIDA’s anti-Muslim calls shake up German politics
Weekly marches by the German anti-Islam movement PEGIDA may not spread much beyond the city of Dresden where they began,…
Obama, Cameron vow to stand firm against Islamist extremists
January 15, 2015
Obama, Cameron vow to stand firm against Islamist extremists
U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed a united front on Wednesday against the threat posed…
Oil dips after big rally as oversupply weighs on market
January 15, 2015
Oil dips after big rally as oversupply weighs on market
Crude oil dipped on Thursday after a volatile session the previous day, when prices rebounded sharply from near-six-year lows that…
Monitor: Syria militants execute woman for ‘adultery’
January 14, 2015
Monitor: Syria militants execute woman for ‘adultery’
Al-Qaeda-linked militants have publicly executed a woman accused of adultery in northwestern Syria, a monitoring group said Wednesday.The Syrian Observatory…