Iran has discovered a new oil field containing 53 billion barrels of crude oil, President Hasan Rouhani said Sunday, a find that would increase Iran’s proven reserves by about a third. The field covers 2,400 square kilometers (926 square miles) and is located in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan, Rouhani ...
China has said the lack of tough security laws in Hong Kong is a key reason for months of increasingly violent pro-democracy demonstrations and that the enactment of such legislation is an “urgent task”. The call — likely to further inflame protesters angry with a police response seen as heavy-handed ...