AFP World oil prices surged on Monday after non-OPEC producers struck a deal to cut output, while Europe’s main stock markets were subdued before a key Fed meeting due this week. Indices in London, Frankfurt and Paris pulled back after soaring last week when the European Central Bank decided to extended its massive quantitative easing (QE) stimulus to December ...

  Bloomberg Israel and Turkey are working to eliminate a major obstacle to natural gas deals: their own fractious history. The two governments are working on a framework for the export of Israeli natural gas to Turkey that would protect contracts between companies if diplomatic ties break down, Israeli Energy Ministry Director-General Shaul Meridor said in an interview in Jerusalem. ...

  Bloomberg Turkey’s economy unexpectedly shrank in the third quarter, led by a slump in consumption, in the most significant sign yet that July’s failed coup and the political turmoil it provoked are weighing on confidence. It’s the first time in seven years that Turkey has announced a contraction. The lira weakened. Gross domestic product shrank an annual 1.8 percent ...