Deadly way to Europe
Migrant trips across Mediterranean fall, but risks rise
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Up to 30,000 ISIS fighters still in Syria and Iraq
Despite military defeat in the region, the "Islamic State" militant group can still "mount attacks inside Syrian territory," according to a UN report. In Iraq, the group "remains active" hiding out in desert …
Italy continues to tighten migration policy
Mideast migrants face increased discrimination in Italy
Oil set for weekly loss on trade war fears, Libya supply return
The imminent losses in Iran and elsewhere may force Saudi Arabia and OPEC’s other Gulf members to pump near the limits of their capacity
Oil falls $2 a barrel ahead of OPEC meeting
Oil prices fell more than $2 a barrel Friday after two of the world's biggest producers indicated they might increase output at next week's OPEC meeting, while U.S. exports were threatened by potential Chinese tariffs on crude oil and …
Al-Monitor on cooperation between Russia and Egypt
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s re-election enables Cairo to continue the same foreign policy toward Moscow
French ex-president Sarkozy in police custody - media
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was being held in police custody today for questioning by magistrates looking into allegations of Libyan funding for his 2007 election campaign, Reuters reported citing an official in the …
Turkey's soft power
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is on a five-day, four-country visit to Africa this week
What did cause protests in Iran?
A conspiracy against the Islamic Republic for the purpose of coercive regime change?
Flow of immigrants to Europe fell by half
Half as many migrants landed in Europe in 2017 as 2016
Oil fightback sets stage for another OPEC-shale battle in 2018
Oil’s revival from the biggest crash in a generation persisted, with prices set for a second annual gain after weathering everything from hurricanes and Middle East conflict to the tussle between OPEC and U.S. shale. As Energy …
Oil prices decline on signs of higher output
OPEC nations pumped slightly more crude in September as Libya’s biggest oil field returned to production. Output from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries was 32.83 million barrels a day in September, …
Moscow, unlike Washington, knows how to solve problems of Tehran and Pyongyang
Donald Trump accused Iran of cooperating with the DPRK
New US sanctions hit 8 North Korean banks, 26 bank workers
New U.S. sanctions will punish eight North Korean banks and 26 bank workers living abroad, the Trump administration announced Tuesday, in the first use of new sanctioning powers granted by U.S. President Donald Trump, Fox News …
Is OPEC concerned by rising oil output in Libya and Nigeria?
OPEC will invite Libya and Nigeria to the next meeting, which will be held in Vienna on September 22, a joint OPEC, non-OPEC monitoring ministerial committee said. "The committee plans to invite Libya and Nigeria to the next …
Farida Allaghi: Azerbaijan opens to international community
Azerbaijan opened for all global leaders to come, former Libyan Ambassador to the European Union, one of the most influential Libyan women, Farida Allaghi, said in an interview with Vestnik Kavkaza, commenting on the the Global …
Oil prices drop amid oversupply concern
Oil prices fell on Friday, dragged lower by persistent oversupply worries despite a bigger-than-expected drawdown in U.S. crude inventories. Brent crude was at $51.62 a barrel at 0652 GMT, down 28 cents (0.54%) from its last close. That …
EU leaders to push migration issue outside of Europe
Italy has struck a dodgy deal with Libya with no safeguards for human rights and international law
OPEC oil output falls from record highs
Saudi Arabia pumped less after seeing record output in November
What oil price OPEC and Russia need?
In order to balance their budgets, largest oil-producing countries in the world require different price of "black gold". According to Bloomberg, this leads to disagreements over the need to reduce oil production level. …
