Asian stocks rise as oil steadies amid optimism over US-Iran talks

Mandy Pruna remembers with a nostalgia-filled grin the influx of American travelers that came to Cuba after then-US President Barack Obama restored diplomatic relations with the island in 2015.

Big Oil executives are under pressure to spell out their plans for future growth after years of cost-cutting and heightened shareholder returns as investors fretted about peak oil demand.

After US President Donald Trump oversaw the seizure of his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro last month, he vowed to tap the country`s oil reserves – the world`s largest.

Water flow patterns in two major trans-boundary river systems in South Asia are moving in opposite directions, according to a new study by Indian scientists published in Earth’s Future, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Geophysical Union.

The world’s largest shipping line has been enabling the transport of goods to and from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, as the United States and Europe continue to promote trade despite clear responsibilities under international law, a joint investigation by Al Jazeera and the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) reveals.