Oil prices edged up on Monday, with Brent drifting near $70 a barrel, propped up by output cuts from major producers and optimism about global economic and fuel demand recovery in the second half of the year. Brent crude futures for May gained 50 cents, or 0.72%, to $69.72 a …

French TV channel M6 aired lately an investigation on ISIS terrorists who have managed to settle without any problem in Europe, and particularly in Germany. The M6 flagship program “Enquête Exclusive” showed how ISIS terrorists managed to slip through the cracks by posing as asylum seekers, and how they ended …

The Secretary-General of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq Movement, Qais al-Khazali, spoke on Sunday about a “conspiracy against Iraq” made by an Emirati security team coming to manage the Iraqi intelligence service. Two days ago, a source told Shafaq News agency that several Iraqi Intelligence Service officers had been transferred to the …

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said on Sunday that the US sanctions and economic war against Iran have all failed, stressing the major role played by Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in the Iranian nation’s victory. “The country …

Iran has rejected the accusations leveled against it by the United States of being behind the recent attacks on US bases in Iraq. Iran’s representative to the United Nations, Majid Takht Rawanji, stressed in a message sent on Monday to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and the …

Oil prices edged up on Monday, with Brent drifting near $70 a barrel, propped up by output cuts from major producers and optimism about global economic and fuel demand recovery in the second half of the year. Brent crude futures for May gained 50 cents, or 0.72%, to $69.72 a …

Russian forces on Saturday took control over the al-Thawra oil facility, located in southwest Raqqa governorate in northeastern Syria, after the Iran-aligned Liwa Fatemiyoun militia having withdrawn from the site. This follows Russian forces imposing their control of the Toueinane gas field in Raqqa’s countryside on Friday. Russian military reinforcements …

In November 2020, 15 countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) amid a backdrop of deglobalisation and trade protectionism. While RCEP demonstrates the success of ASEAN’s middle-power diplomacy and promotes regional trade and economic development, it also serves China’s national interests and will make the region’s largest economy more …

Evidence is mounting: the old vision of “ideal” workers — who give 100% to their employers, without family interference — aren’t actually ideal for 21st century organizations. In fact, the old model of full devotion to work has a negative influence on performance, research says. Now it’s time to talk …

The Russian Federation is on a collision course with climate change. In 2019, it ranked fourth in annual carbon emissions, and the country’s largest gas producer, Gazprom, was the world’s third largest emitter of industrial greenhouse gases between 1988-2015, behind Saudi Aramco and Chinese coal. Meanwhile, roads, pipelines, and railways …