DUBAI (Reuters) - The Gulf state of Oman said on Friday it supported the United Arab Emirates’ decision to normalise ties with Israel, saying it hoped the accord would contribute to a comprehensive, just and sustainable peace in the Middle East.

The statement by a foreign ministry spokesman, carried by state news agency ONA, called the UAE-Israel agreement “historic”.

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CHEONAN, South Korea (Reuters) - President Moon Jae-in vowed on Friday to spotlight the plight of South Korea’s last few surviving “comfort women”, as those forced to work in Japan’s wartime brothels are known, in efforts to resolve a dispute with its neighbour over the thorny issue.

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will seek to support its neighbour Belarus by opening its borders and labour market while providing financial support to civil society after a violent crackdown on post-election protests, the Polish prime minister said on Friday,

The unrest in Belarus poses the biggest challenge yet to President Alexander Lukashenko, accused by

BEIJING (Reuters) - Not yet 30, Beijing office worker Li thought she was already on her way up China’s private property ladder with two apartments bought and rented out. Then came the new coronavirus, jobless tenants leaving town and a rent falloff.

She’s one of millions of Chinese landlords who

TOKYO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Japanese government bond yields ticked up on Friday, with the benchmark 10-year yield hitting a six-week high, taking cues from surging U.S. bond yields following weak demand at a 30-year bond auction.

The poor U.S. auction results soured sentiment ahead of the Japanese market’s own 30-year bond auction planned on Tuesday, as hopes of a gradual recovery in the global economy reduce the attraction of safe-haven

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd nearly doubled net profit in the first half of 2020 and kept its full-year outlook intact but warned that the coronavirus crisis bears indiscernible risks for its operations.

“We have not put the pandemic

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India’s palm oil imports in July rose 1.4% from a year earlier to a 10-month high of 824,078 tonnes as a gradual easing of COVID-19 lockdowns increased demand at hotels and restaurants

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa’s Sibanye-Stillwater expects to swing to a profit in the first half of 2020, boosted by higher precious metals prices and a weaker rand currency, the miner said on Friday, sending its shares up sharply.

Shares in Sibanye, which said it remains positive about its performance in the second half of the year, were up 11.16% at 55.30 rand by 0836 GMT.

The precious metals producer, said

SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Militants attacked a police team in Kashmir on Friday, killing two officers and wounding one despite tight security in the disputed Muslim-majority region ahead of India’s Independence Day.

A group of militants opened fire on the police team that was on duty in the Nowgam area of Srinagar city, the chief