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Oil Prices Edge Higher

Oil prices edged higher Friday, rebounding from two-month lows caused by a lingering global supply glut. Benchmark Brent crude hit a 2.5-month low point of $45.83 a barrel Friday, before recovering. Around 1145 GMT, Brent North Sea crude for delivery in September was up five cents at $46.25 a barrel ...

July 22, 2016

Int'l Organizations

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura

De Mistura Hopes Resumption of Syria Peace Talks during Geneva Meeting

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria hopes that a meeting expected to be held in Geneva next week with US and Russian officials will pave the way for a resumption of peace talks between the warring parties, his spokeswoman said Friday. Jessy Chahine, spokeswoman for Staffan de Mistura, declined ...

July 22, 2016

Europe

Key Survey Sees UK Economy Shrinking after Brexit Vote

British business activity sank in July to its lowest level since April 2009, a survey showed Friday in the first indication of economic contraction since the shock EU exit vote. The preliminary composite purchasing managers’ index (PMI) by the research Markit group sank to 47.7 points in July, down from ...

July 22, 2016

Americas

US Committed to Pursuing Syria Plan Agreed Upon by Lavrov, Kerry

Washington is committed to make further advances on the measures to settle the Syria crisis agreed by US State Secretary John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US State Department spokesman John Kirby told Sputnik Friday. Commenting on the planned US-Russia-UN meeting in Geneva, Kirby added that humanitarian issue ...

July 22, 2016

Europe

Hollande: French Artillery to Join Iraqi Army in Fight against ISIL

France will send Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to assist US-led anti-ISIL coalition in Iraq and Syria in September, French President Francois Hollande said. France will also send artillery to Iraq in August to help the Iraqi army fight ISIL terrorists, the President added. “The Defense Council and I made ...

July 22, 2016

Asian Countries

S.Korea: Protests against US Anti-Missile System, President Defends Deployment

Several thousand South Koreans staged an angry protest Thursday against the planned deployment of a US anti-missile system near their hometown, but President Park Geun-Hye insisted the move was a national security imperative. South Korea’s defense ministry announced last week the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, or THAAD, will ...

July 22, 2016

Americas

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump during interview

Trump Raises New Questions on NATO Commitments

Donald Trump has raised new questions about his commitment to the defense of NATO allies on the eve of his acceptance of the Republican presidential nomination, The New York Times reported. In an interview with the newspaper on Wednesday, Trump also expressed little willingness to speak out against purges or ...

July 22, 2016

Int'l Organizations

Portugal’s Guterres Takes Lead in First Vote for UN Chief

Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres took the lead in the first straw poll vote on Thursday to pick the next UN secretary-general, diplomats said. Slovenia’s former president Danilo Turk came second in the secret vote by the UN Security Council to choose a successor to Ban Ki-moon.

July 21, 2016

Oil Market Recedes with Rate Calls in View

Oil prices retreated Thursday as caution prevailed before central bank policy meetings in Europe and Japan. At 1130 GMT, Brent North Sea crude for delivery in September declined 19 cents at $46.98 a barrel. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for the same month nudged nine cents lower to $45.66 ...

July 21, 2016

Europe

Three French Soldiers Killed in Libya

Three French soldiers have been killed in Libya, the defense ministry said Wednesday, in the first official confirmation that France has troops in the country. “Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian regrets the loss of three French officers who died while on mission in Libya,” the ministry said in a statement ...

July 21, 2016