Vienna / AFP Saudi Arabia expressed confidence on Thursday that oil prices will keep recovering, cementing expectations that a divided OPEC will decide to keep crude gushing at its meeting in Vienna. “Everybody is very satisfied with the market. The market is rebalancing as we speak,” said Khaled Al Falih, newly appointed by the kingdom’s powerful and dynamic new ...

  Jakarta / AFP Indonesia’s defence minister said on Thursday suspected communists killed in 1960s military-backed massacres “deserved to die”, as a backlash mounts against efforts to resolve one of the darkest chapters in the country’s history. Hardline ex-general Ryamizard Ryacudu made the comments to a gathering of former military figures and nationalist groups convened in response to moves by ...

  Manila / AFP The leader of the Philippines’ communist insurgency said on Thursday he expects to end nearly 30 years in exile by returning from Europe to Manila as early as next month. While running for office last month, Rodrigo Duterte, now the newly elected president, said Jose Maria Sison, the rebel leader and Communist Party of the Philippines ...