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Analysis: Oil market shrugs at imminent Iran tanker insurance ban

YoopyaJun 18, 20120

(Reuters) – In less than two weeks, Iran’s biggest oil buyers will lose access to the London-based insurance market that protects 95 percent of the

Safety scandals give foreign dairies a boost in China

YoopyaJun 18, 20120

(Reuters) – Global food and dairy companies are making another round of big bets on China’s fast growing dairy sector, seeking to position themselves as

Saudi Crown Prince Nayef to be buried on Sunday

YoopyaJun 17, 2012June 19, 20230

(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah will bury his former heir, Crown Prince Nayef, in Mecca on Sunday, and must now name a new successor

Saudi Crown Prince Nayef, heir to throne, dies

YoopyaJun 16, 2012June 19, 20230

(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Nayef, a hawkish interior minister who crushed al Qaeda in the world’s top oil exporter, died on Saturday eight

Saudi Prince Salman seen as likely heir to throne

YoopyaJun 16, 20120

(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Defence Minister Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, seen as more moderate than his hawkish brother Crown Prince Nayef who died on Saturday,

Car bomb kills at least 13 at market in northwest Pakistan

YoopyaJun 16, 20120

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A car bomb killed at least 13 people at a market in northwest Pakistan on Saturday and the death toll could

Japan approves two reactor restarts, more seen ahead

YoopyaJun 16, 20120

(Reuters) – Japan on Saturday approved the resumption of nuclear power operations at two reactors despite mass public opposition, the first to come back on

Yemen government poised to seize third town from Al Qaeda

kiemtarJun 15, 2012June 15, 20120

AAR, YEMEN—Yemeni government forces are poised to capture a southern coastal town from Al Qaeda-linked insurgents who fled there after the army drove them out

China vows punishment over forced abortion at seven months

kiemtarJun 15, 20120

(Reuters) – Chinese authorities have vowed to punish officials who forced a woman who was seven-months pregnant to have an abortion in a case that

Syrian town deserted, burnt after clashes

YoopyaJun 15, 20120

(Reuters) – The Syrian town of Haffeh was smoldering and nearly deserted on Thursday after days of clashes between government forces and rebels, while activists