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With crude-oil prices expected to remain comparatively low for several years, companies reliant on commodities are changing their tactics.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has hinted at the possibility Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian could be freed in an exchange for Iranian prisoners.

Iran will take care to avoid further depressing slumping oil prices when sanctions lift, one of the country’s top energy officials says.

Shiite-Sunni tensions in the Middle East exploded into violent rioting this weekend after a Shiite cleric was put to death by Sunni-majority Saudi Arabia.

The wild card would be an attack by Islamic extremists on German soil, especially in the event such an attack were carried out by people who entered Europe in the flood of migrants.

The president of Sri Lanka pledged to provide land for war victims currently housed in refugee camps.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has effectively been in control since his rebel force marched into Kigali to end the 1994 genocide.

The Polish parliament passed an amendment to the media law that gives a minister authority to appoint managers of state-run radio and television stations.

Despite U.S. airstrikes killing top Islamic State group leaders, the organization continues to thrive in eastern Syria and western Iraq.

An adult and a minor were charged in the case, while two more Jews were charged in other cases of violence against Palestinians.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Saudi Arabia will have to face "quick consequences" for the death of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.

One officer was reportedly killed and three soldiers were injured in two blasts inside the base Sunday, while the Home Ministry says operations against two terrorists continue.

South Korea said that the North has been preparing for thermonuclear weapon tests at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site.

China rejected Vietnam's accusations, and said that the flight was conducted to test if the country's airfield, built on the disputed islands, was fit for civil aviation.

A "large gas leak" in south London led to the evacuation of hundreds of residents on Saturday night.

President Hassan Rouhani just ordered his defense minister to expand Iran's missile program over Western protests.

Protests over the Saudi execution of a dissident cleric boiled over in the capital of the kingdom's archenemy, as well as among Shiites worldwide.

The terror attack in a West Bank village in July killed an 18-month-old Palestinian baby and his parents.

The Iranian progress could trigger implementation of the country’s nuclear deal with world powers in the next couple of weeks, the White House says.

The agreement has been criticized by Israel since it was signed in June, but the pope sees it as a step toward peace.

A new national-security assessment is a sign of how relations between Russia and the West have worsened in recent years.

After a mass execution that claimed the life of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr came an appeal for attacks on Saudi Arabian embassies, police and scholars.

The Vietnamese foreign ministry called the Chinese action in the South China Sea “a serious infringement” of its sovereignty.

“The successful completion of the program’s first review is certain to have a very positive impact on confidence,” Bank of Greece Gov. Yannis Stournaras says.

Five years ago, South America’s largest country was handily weathering the global economic downturn. But those days are over, and the politics are getting ugly.

About 74 percent of a poll’s respondents do not want a repeat of the 2012 presidential election, but the duel is a likely scenario.

A Mexico City newspaper reports she was attacked at her home by four gunmen.

The Palestinian Authority president has been dogged by rumors about his health in the past.

Riyadh says Nimr Al-Nimr was waging war against Allah and deserved to die due to his role in criticizing the government of the kingdom.