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U.S. Government | Reuters A U.S. government handout photo released by White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders shows U.S. Central Intelligence (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, North Korea in a photo that Sanders said was taken over Easter weekend 2018. …

U.S. Government | Reuters A U.S. government handout photo released by White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders shows U.S. Central Intelligence (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, North Korea in a photo that Sanders said was taken over Easter weekend 2018. …

Hasan Jamali An oil pump works in the Sakhir, Bahrain, desert oil fields at sunset Tuesday, July 3, 2012. The price of oil jumped more than 4 percent Tuesday to the highest level since May on renewed fears of a military conflict with Iran. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) A massive oil …

Alireza Sotakbar | AFP | Getty Images Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran’s supreme leader has challenged U.S. President Donald Trump over America pulling out of the nuclear deal, saying: “You cannot do a damn thing!” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments came Wednesday as he met with a group of …

Omar Salem/AFP/Getty Images Saudi men shop with their children at a mall in Jeddah late on September 17, 2009 ahead of celebrations for Eid al-Fitr. Balancing and maintaining economic growth with fiscal consolidation is no easy or popular task, particularly in the Gulf. Economies in the region are undergoing a …

Thomas Peter | Reuters China’s President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed in a phone call on Tuesday that it was important …

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump announces his intention to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement during a statement in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 8, 2018. Leaving the deal could also have ripple effects on the oil market, given Iran’s role …

U.S. Government | Reuters A U.S. government handout photo released by White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders shows U.S. Central Intelligence (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, North Korea in a photo that Sanders said was taken over Easter weekend 2018. …

Wall Street’s first analyst to cover bitcoin has a new recommendation for investors: Avoid it. Speaking with CNBC, DataTrek Research co-founder Nick Colas cited lackluster fundamentals surrounding what he calls the “FANG stock of the crypto world.” FANG, references Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet’s Google, the highest flying and most …

Korea Summit Press | Reuters South Korean President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting at the Peace House at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 27, 2018. North Korea said on Sunday …