OPEC+ is set to extend production cuts to prop up the oil market after a breakthrough in high-stakes negotiations, and the cartel could meet as soon as this weekend to sign off on the deal. ( read original story ...)
‘While Searching for Dead ISIS Fighters in Iraq, I Found Refuge in My Friends’
Along the road I am always looking ahead, wondering whether each crumpled piece of trash is hiding a roadside bomb. I realize that were we to hit a landmine, it is likely that my bulletproof vest or ... ( read original story ...)
Facelifts in vogue as South Korea adjusts to virus
While coronavirus has denied South Korea’s cosmetic surgeons their usual foreign tourists, they are welcoming a surge of local customers at the clinics that line the boulevards of the glitzy Gangnam ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea Seeks Arrest of Samsung Heir Lee in Succession Probe
South Korean prosecutors have requested an arrest warrant for Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee, they said on Thursday, in the investigation of a 2015 merger and alleged accounting fraud in a suspected ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand reports one new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
Thailand on Friday reported one new coronavirus infection and no new deaths, taking its total confirmed cases to 3,102, of which 58 have been fatalities. ( read original story ...)
‘If you hit us, we’ll hit back’: Iran’s message to US with Venezuela oil shipments
For the Islamic republic, it was a mission fraught with risk: send five Iranian-flagged fuel tankers through some of the world’s most crucial maritime gateways to cash-strapped Venezuela without being ... ( read original story ...)
France Again Demands That Iran Release French-Iranian Academic Fariba Adelkhah
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Friday reiterated his demands for Iran to release French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, whom Iran has sentenced to six years in prison on national ... ( read original story ...)
Iran frees Michael White from imprisonment
Watch "Iran frees Michael White from imprisonment", a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, a live news stream featuring original CBS News reporting. ( read original story ...)
Assyrian Christians Fear For Their Future In Turkey
Inside the sixth century church in southeastern Turkey, dozens of Assyrian Christian women, men and children in their Sunday best attend a service, one of only a few held in their ancient homeland. ( read original story ...)
Turkey’s logistics providers adjust to the strains of Covid-19
But now, the co-founder and vice-president of Netlog, one of Turkey’s largest logistics providers, is just one of millions of people in the country who have flocked to internet shopping. This shift in ... ( read original story ...)