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Oil, stocks up on Greek deal hopes
Oil prices have slightly risen amid growing optimism about a deal between Greece and its international lenders which could avert the bankruptcy of the eurozone country.

Oil prices have slightly risen amid growing optimism about a deal between Greece and its international lenders which could avert the bankruptcy of the eurozone country.

Confidence in US police has dropped to the lowest level in more than two decades, according to a Gallup poll.

Hezbollah fighters and Syrian troops thwart a terrorist attack in the border region of Qalamoun.

The British prime minister has signaled his intention to tackle tax credits.

At least four people are killed and several others injured in a car bomb attack in southwestern Syria.

The UN decries the huge suffering and devastation in Gaza brought about by Israel’s 2014 war on the sliver.

Thousands of people have marched across Charleston's main bridge to honor the victims of a mass shooting at a historic black church last week.

A series of grenade attacks kill four people and injure 30 in Burundi.

Islanders removed from home on the Chagos Islands are now taking their battle to the UK Supreme Court.

President Barack Obama said Monday the United States has not overcome its history of racism.

Iran's minister of roads and urban development says foreign companies have warmly welcomed participation in developing the country’s transportation sector.

Greece tells international creditors to avoid pushing harsh demands on the country over its debt.

A top Iranian nuclear negotiator says differences on the text of a final deal on Tehran’s atomic case have been partly reduced.

EU foreign ministers approve the launch of military operation to target human traffickers in the Mediterranean.

Some 30,000 UK foreign nurses face the axe under the Tory immigration laws.

The EU extends sanctions on Russia to mount pressure on Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine.

The Pentagon chief, Ashton Carter, lauds Washington’s decision to station heavy weaponry in Eastern Europe to counter Russia.

Iran has bought an acid treatment vessel used to improve oil and gas productivity, for which the country relied on major energy companies.