Bloomberg Oil fell from the highest close in almost 12 weeks as the effects of the US-China trade war countered Saudi Arabia’s surprise move to take additional crude barrels out of the market. Futures in New York slipped 1.1% after climbing 1.3% on December 6. The kingdom voluntarily pledged to pump 400,000 barrels a day less than mandated by Opec …

Bloomberg India’s parliament is set to approve legislation preventing Muslim migrants from neighbouring countries from receiving citizenship — the next step in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hardline Hindu nationalist program and one that’s seen to go against the nation’s secular constitution. The controversial citizenship bill has sparked protests and fear around India, with lawyers working overtime to help millions at …

Dubai / WAM During UAE 5G conference, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), and Huawei released the TRA and Huawei ‘5G and IoT Joint OpenLab’ in Dubai, aimed at boosting 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT), services throughout the UAE, promoting innovation and collaboration across markets with the intention of creating an open ecosystem that will further ICT development across …