ISTANBUL—Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed the central bank governor as the country is beset by its second currency crisis in two years. In a decree published in the early hours of Saturday, Mr. Erdogan ended the mandate of Murat Uysal, who had led the institution since the summer of 2019, replacing him with Naci … Read more
Output at Libya’s Sharara oil field, seen here in 2014, has been shut almost continuously since early January. Photo: ismail zetouni/Reuters Oct. 11, 2020 10:50 am ET Production at Libya’s largest oil field restarted Sunday afternoon, Libyan officials said, a move that could quickly increase the country’s overall output after an extended shutdown and add … Read more
Kuwait’s ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, a veteran diplomat who positioned the small Arab Gulf state as a regional peacemaker and forged a U.S. alliance that deepened after the country was invaded by Iraq in 1990, has died. He was 91 years old. Sheikh Sabah, who suffered a debilitating stroke in 2019, had traveled … Read more
TOKYO—No welcome ceremonies for arriving Olympic athletes. Smaller contingents of visiting officials. Fewer celebratory banners and shuttle buses. The organizers of the Tokyo Olympics, planning games delayed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, presented on Friday around 50 modifications to next summer’s event to reduce costs and ward against the spread of the … Read more