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FINANCE-BANKS
StanChart braces for possible new Iran fine of about $1.5 billion: Bloomberg
British bank Standard Chartered Plc (STAN.L) is bracing for a possible new fine of about $1.5 billion as a result of previous Iranian sanctions...
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Egyptian court orders retrial of Muslim Brotherhood leader
An Egyptian court has ordered a retrial of the Muslim Brotherhood's leader Mohamed Badie and other senior figures from the banned group starting on Oct. 7, judicial sources and ...
RUSSIA
Russia and Turkey agree to create buffer zone in Syria's Idlib
Russian and Turkish troops are to enforce a new demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib region from which "radical" rebels will be required to withdraw by the middle of next month, ...
RUSSIA
Oil near flat as market weighs U.S.-China trade tensions, Iran sanctions
Oil prices were little changed on Monday as the market weighed deepening trade tension between the U.S. and China that is expected to dent global crude demand and potential supp...
HEALTH NEWS
Orexo soars after winning opioid drug appeal against Teva
A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived Swedish pharmaceutical company Orexo AB's lawsuit accusing a unit of Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd of infringing a patent fo...
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Rockets fired at Basra airport as violent protests grip Iraq
Basra airport was attacked with rockets on Saturday after another night of protests against Iraq's political elite, during which demonstrators set fire to the Iranian consulate ...
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Some 400 prisoners escape prison in Tripoli chaos
Some 400 prisoners escaped from a jail in Libya's capital on Sunday while fighting between rival armed groups raged nearby, a judiciary official said as the United Nations calle...
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Exclusive: U.S. disregard for Turkish legal process 'unacceptable' - Erdogan spokesman
The spokesman for President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday slammed what he said was the United States' disregard for Turkey's legal process, adding Washington had made arbitrary co...
WORLD NEWS
Repentant Muslims gather on Mount Arafat for haj climax
More than two million Muslims gathered at Mount Arafat on Monday for a vigil to atone for their sins and ask God's forgiveness as the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia appro...
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA