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A Whiting Petroleum Co. pump jack pulls crude oil from the Bakken region of the Northern Plains near Bainville, Mont. on Nov. 6, 2013. AP

Brent Exceeds $52 and OPEC Aims for Shale

by Sabri Najeh | Oct 6, 2016 | Business

Cairo–Following OPEC’s historic agreement at the Algiers meeting to cut down production, oil demand was on the rise, reaching $52 per barrel. U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said U.S. crude stockpiles fell last week despite slow refinery activity...

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O’Brien Lauds KSRELIEF Humanitarian Efforts

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Oct 6, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – The United Nations praised Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for the major efforts deployed in humanitarian relief, through the King Salman Humanitarian and Aid Relief Center (KSRELIEF). Visiting U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency...

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In this July 28, 2016, file photo, a color blending feature of the Galaxy Note 7 is demonstrated in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Plane Evacuated after Samsung Phone Fire as Firm to ‘Review’ Split Plan

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 6, 2016 | Technology

A passenger’s overheating, smoking Samsung smartphone forced the evacuation of a Southwest Airlines jet that was preparing to take off Wednesday from the Louisville airport in the U.S. State of Kentucky. The incident raised fresh trouble for Samsung, which saw its new...

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File: A blindfolded man waits to be hanged in public as two police officers look on in Shiraz, Iran, April 16, 2011. (AP/Mehr News Agency/Mohammad Hadi Khosravi)

Ban Ki-moon Alarmed over Lack of Human Rights in Iran

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2016 | World

London – U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon criticized the little progress achieved by Iran in improving human rights under President Hassan Rouhani’s tenure, stressing that he was “deeply troubled” by the “alarming rate of executions” and arbitrary arrests and...

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The United Nations Security Council votes to approve a resolution at the U.N. headquarters in New York July 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar

U.S. Official to Asharq Al-Awsat: We will Deter Iran along with our Partners

by Abdul Hadi Habtor and Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh, New York, Abu Dhabi- A high-ranking U.S. official told Asharq Al-Awsat that Iran is responsible for actions that are shaking the stability of Yemen and that the U.S. along with its partners will cooperate to restrain Tehran from these actions. The official,...