BEIRUT / AP Aid agencies have not been able to reach as many besieged Syrians this year as they did over the same period last year, the UN’s chief humanitarian adviser for Syria said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters in Geneva, Jan Egeland said the front lines have shifted but civilian suffering has “remained the same” in 2017. Of …

  DUBAI / Reuters Profit-taking and weak first-quarter earnings weighed on Gulf stock markets on Thursday, with Saudi Arabia’s index pulled lower by petrochemical shares after oil prices fell sharply, but Dubai’s Union Properties and Abu Dhabi’s TAQA bucked the trend. Dubai’s index lost 1.0 percent as financially troubled builder Arabtec, which had jumped almost 11 percent on Wednesday after …

  Bloomberg US stocks rebounded while the dollar and Treasuries slipped, as major assets continued to churn in tight ranges amid corporate results and a string of potential geopolitical catalysts. The S&P 500 Index halted a two-day slide on earnings from American Express Co. and Qualcomm Inc. The greenback slipped against most of its major peers after its best day …