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Oil giants shelve $200bn in new projects
Major oil and natural-gas companies around the world have shelved $200 billion of spending on new projects following the slump in crude prices.

Major oil and natural-gas companies around the world have shelved $200 billion of spending on new projects following the slump in crude prices.

Saudi jets mistakenly hit forces loyal to Saudi-backed fugitive former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, killing 12 people.

Chinese stocks have fallen more than 8 percent, in the sharpest one-day plunge since 2007.

The US-led airstrikes against the ISIL terrorist group is aimed at removing the democratically elected government of President Bashar al-Assad.

Prominent Bahraini opposition figure is released after six months in prison over a Twitter post.

UK parliament computers reportedly access porn sites over 20,000 times a month.

President Obama blasts Republican critics of the nuclear agreement with Iran, saying their rhetoric is "ridiculous" and "sad."

The search for 43 missing Mexican students turns up 60 mass graves and 129 bodies in the southern state of Guerrero.

The British premier says the UK may go after ISIL in Libya and Syria if Britons are threatened by the terror group.

Iran has revoked visa requirements for nationals of 7 countries as part of its plans to boost tourism industry in the country.

Kurdish YPG forces retake the town of Sarrin in northern Syria from Takfiri ISIL militants.

Saudi monarch devolves kingship to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef prior to heading for holiday.

Iran regards the security of Mideast countries as its own, says the Iranian diplomacy chief.

A prominent Syrian reporter has been killed by militant fire in Jobar neighborhood of Damascus.

Iran begins to allow teaching of Kurdish language in the University of Kurdistan province.

US military leaders say the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq paved the way for the ISIL terrorist group to seize land.

At least 18 ISIL snipers are killed during clashes with Iraqi security forces in Anbar Province.

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry says free-gun zones are "a bad idea."