Nouri al-Maliki

Brent crude oil slipped further on Tuesday as an oversupplied market outweighed supply concerns due to instability in several OPEC producers. The commodity traded at $104.20 at 6:54 GMT as investors waited for U.S. inventory data for a better picture of the number one oil consuming nation...

The conflict in Gaza took its first step toward a lasting resolution on Tuesday as Israel pulled back its ground troops and a 72 hour truce with Hamas began. The conflict has killed more than 1,000 people, most of them civilians, and is not likely to be resolved over the next few days. Although...

Brent crude oil was steady just below $114 as worries about a supply interruption in Iraq faded. The commodity traded at $113.78 at 8:50 GMT as investors evaluated whether or not the Middle Eastern nation's ongoing conflict would escalate further and tighten global supplies. Sunni insurgents...

Brent crude oil eased back towards $113 on Tuesday as worries about a supply interruption in Iraq subsided. The commodity traded at $113.95 at 6:42 GMT as geopolitical tension around the world looked to be easing. Clashes between fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, or ISIS,...