Oil rose on Friday on hopes that supply cuts will be agreed at OPEC's meeting on Dec. 6, but failed to recoup recent losses on oversupply concerns that have shaved more than a fifth off the Brent crude benchmark since early October. Brent <LCOc1> was up 85 cents at $67.47 a
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Iraq delegation to visit Russia in Dec for talks on wheat imports
Iraq will send a delegation to Russia in December to discuss the possibility of importing wheat, the Iraqi trade minister said on Wednesday. Newly appointed Hashim al-Aani had said on Tuesday that Iraq, traditionally reliant on U.S. wheat imports, was interested in opening up its international state buying tenders to Russian
Extremists kill 8 Syria troops near truce zone
BEIRUT: Extremists have killed at least eight Syrian government troops near a planned buffer zone around the country’s last major rebel bastion, a monitor said on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack took place late on Friday in the north of Hama province near the planned buffer
Taliban attends peace talks in Moscow for first time, no progress reported
A Taliban delegation on Friday attended a diplomatic conference in Russia for the first time, in a move that underscored Moscow's keenness to play a role in the Afghan peace process, but the Kabul government sent no official representative. Instead, members of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, a body which oversees peace
Saudi Aramco CEO says relationship with Russia to reach new heights
DUBAI (Reuters) - Oil producer Saudi Aramco's Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser said on Friday that the company's relationship with Russia will grow as the two sides proceed with cooperation projects. "Our ongoing strategic engagements and discussions with partners in Russia are taking our relationship to new heights," he said at