Participants watch Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman on a screen during his speech at the Future Investment Initiative forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. The long-planned initial public offering of a sliver of Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco will see shares traded on Riyadh’s stock exchange in December,

Militants from the Somalia-based Islamist group al-Shabab raided a police station in Kenya’s north-eastern region of Wajir, the Daily Nation newspaper reports. The militants attacked Dadajabula police station in Wajir South in the early hours of Wednesday with heavy artillery, including rocket-propelled grenades, the newspaper reports. A local government official is quoted as saying that

The Security Council Committee pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia (“the Committee”) held informal consultations to consider the final report of the Panel of Experts on Somalia, submitted pursuant to paragraph 54 of resolution 2444 (2018). Committee members expressed appreciation and support for the work of the Panel. Of the 15 recommendations contained in

Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a military officer at the National Security Council, center, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, to appear before a House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Committee on Oversight and Reform joint interview with the transcript to be part of the impeachment

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain, October 28, 2019, in this screen grab taken from video. Parliament TV via REUTERS Britain was heading toward its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bet on breaking the Brexit deadlock with an early ballot

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Sabah waves at the end of the opening of the 4th ordinary session of the 15th Legislative Parliament in Kuwait city, Kuwait, October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee Kuwait’s 90-year-old ruler opened the country’s parliament on Tuesday with a call to fellow Gulf Arab states to end a row

Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg By David Goodman U.K. house prices barely moved this month as the market remained trapped by Brexit uncertainty, according to Nationwide Building Society. Prices edged up 0.2% in October from last month, the mortgage lender said Tuesday. From a year ago, values rose 0.4%, registering sub-1% growth for an 11th month. The

Photo (AP) China on Tuesday accused the U.S. of “economic bullying behavior” after U.S. regulators cited security threats in proposing to cut off funding for Chinese equipment in U.S. telecommunications networks. China would “resolutely oppose the U.S. abusing state power to suppress specific Chinese enterprises with unwarranted charges in the absence of any evidence,” Foreign

Residential and commercial skyscrapers stand in downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Photographer: Christopher Pike | Bloomberg By Zainab Fattah and Yousef Gamal El-Din Damac chairman calls for construction pause for 1 to 2 years Builder dramatically slashed new developments, Sajwani says Want the lowdown on European markets? In your inbox before the open, every

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin deliver joint statements during their meeting in Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP) JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin pledged Monday to increase sanctions against Iran, saying the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure campaign” is halting alleged Iranian aggression