Middle East

Crude futures turned from losses to gains, recovering from a selloff after the International Energy Agency revised its historical demand figures lower, indicating oil supplies might not be as tight as previously thought.

The global oil supply rose for a third consecutive month in July, even as the market continues to rebalance, the International Energy Agency said.

A recently unsealed FBI affidavit alleged that a global financial network run by a senior Islamic State official funneled money to an operative in the U.S. through fake eBay transactions.

A sharp drop in the number of seaborne migrants arriving in Italy in the past month is raising hopes that the country—and Europe—may have turned the corner in its four-year migration crisis.

Oil futures fell Thursday, pulling back after topping $50 a barrel as investors weighed evidence that the world stock overhang is finally falling against rising OPEC production.

The summery beverage left its mark in medieval Egypt, 17th-century Paris and 1860s New York.

Filings by SoftBank Group show it has taken on outsize risk in its new SoftBank Vision Fund, which has said it would have at least $93 billion to put into big technology bets.

China needs to know that the threat of military action is real.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a rare public rally as police corruption probes pose a growing threat to the Israeli leader’s 30-year political career.

In photos selected Wednesday by Wall Street Journal editors, post-election protests turn deadly in Kenya, runners vie for gold at the IAAF World Championships, a U.S. bomber patrols the Pacific, and more.

In photos selected Tuesday by Wall Street Journal editors, Nepalese celebrate the Cow Festival, South Africa’s president survives a no-confidence vote, Kenyans head to the polls, and more.

Secretary-General António Guterres supports the work of the U.N.’s independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria in gathering evidence of alleged crimes against civilians during the 6 1/2-year war and regrets the resignation of Carla Del Ponte, the U.N. said on Monday.

SoftBank Group Chief Executive Masayoshi Son expressed eagerness to invest in Uber Technologies or Lyft to gain access to the U.S. ride-hailing market after multiple similar investments in Asia.

The middlemen who buy and sell antiquities looted by Islamic State from Syria and Iraq explain how the smuggling supply chain works.

Cuts to once-sacred government food and fuel subsidies have caused price hikes and rampant inflation, but President Sisi hopes new jobs, investment and growth will arrive before his support erodes.

Fearing the collapse of Israel’s delicate governing coalition, allies of embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended him after a former aide agreed to turn state witness in police corruption probes.

Ultraconservative Saudi Arabia is aligning its policies with its smaller and more liberal neighbor, the United Arab Emirates. And the friendship between the heirs to the two thrones is being seen as central to the Saudi shift.