Mideast tensions and underscored the Arab country's new role as mediator. French President Emmanuel

NEW YORK: Oil prices climbed around 2% on Tuesday as the Middle East crisis and a Libyan supply outage pared the previous day's heavy losses. Brent crude futures settled US$ 1.47, or 1.9%, higher at US$ 77.59 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude( WTI) ended US$ 1.47, or 2.1%, higher at US$ 72.24. Prices drew support from the closure of Libya's 300, 000 barrels per day( bpd) Sharara oilfield, one of its largest, which has been a frequent target for local and broader political protests

Join our Whatsapp channel RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Jordan’s King Abdullah II held talks on Tuesday on efforts to halt fighting in Gaza and Lebanon, the Saudi foreign ministry said. The pair held discussions “ related to the security and stability of the region, including efforts made to stop the ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon and reduce escalation, ” the ministry said in a statement as the Jordanian ruler visited the Saudi capital Riyadh. The meet

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Apple relented and Facebook and Instagram remained in the app store. But Facebook's crackdown seems to have had a limited effect.... Even today, a quick search for “ khadima, ” or “ maids ” in Arabic, will bring up accounts featuring posed photographs of Africans and South Asians with ages and prices listed next to their images.... So when you put those two things together, really, it’s a recipe for disaster.” Mary Ann Abunda, who works with a nongovernmental Filipino workers’ welfare group ca

In an interview to valdaiclub. com, former US ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer revealed whether Obama really had a Middle East doctrine, and explained why US-Saudi relations are not in the crisis, in which many perceive them to be.

Only those with the store's smartphone app may enter.... Five minutes after shoppers leave, their phones ping with receipts for whatever they put in their bags.“ This is how the future will look, ” Hani Weiss, CEO of retail at Majid Al Futtaim, the franchise that operates Carrefour in the Middle East, told The Associated Press.... However, we believe the experience will change.” The experimental shop, called Carrefour City+, is the latest addition to the burgeoning field of retail automation..

People visit the wax versions of former U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania at the opening of the Madame Tussauds museum, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Oct.... The lavish waxworks temple located on a small artificial island off Dubai unveiled 60 celebrities and leaders, from a sultry Kylie Jenner to a beaming Chinese President Xi Jinping, along with a handful of Bollywood dance stars in various dance poses.... " He looks very real but he's not quite orange enough," said 27-ye

NEW YORK: Goldman Sachs Group Inc is hiring bankers from rival firms Citigroup Inc and HSBC Holdings Plc as the US lender seeks to expand its business in the Middle East amid a surge in deals from the region. Jassim AlSane, a senior Citigroup banker, will join Goldman Sachs’ Dubai office in November as managing director and the co-head of investment banking operations for the Middle East and North Africa( MENA). Also, Omar AlZaim is joining the bank as an executive director and the head of inves