Iran is not ready to agree to an oil output freeze in Algiers, its Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said Tuesday on the eve of an informal OPEC meeting in Algeria's capital.
Crude prices rebounded on Monday after Algeria's energy minister said the day before that all options were possible for an oil output cut or freeze at this week's informal meeting of OPEC producers.
Algeria's energy minister has said there is a consensus among Opec and non-Opec members about the need to stabilise the oil market to support prices, state news agency APS reported on Saturday.
Saudi Arabia's minister of foreign affairs said on Thursday that it would be reasonable for the kingdom to go along with other producers in changes to oil production.
Algerian forces have cleared out Islamic State-affiliated militants from the mountains east of Algiers, two years after they kidnapped and beheaded a French tourist in the former al Qaeda stronghold, senior security sources said.
The oil market is "on the path to rebalancing" despite the recent decline in global oil prices, said HE the Minister of Energy and Industry, Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada.
Brazil has deported the Franco-Algerian nuclear physicist Adlene Hicheur, who was convicted in 2012 for his involvement in a French terror plot, after rejecting a request for an extension to his work visa, the Justice Ministry said late Friday.
Algeria is building one of the world’s largest mosques which officials say will serve as a buffer against Islamists
Algeria's ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika travelled to Geneva on Sunday for a "routine medical check", his office announced, at a time of renewed speculation over his health.
Algerian troops killed a jihadist east of the capital, the defence ministry said, bringing to 12 the number of gunmen killed by security forces in a week.
A radical Muslim preacher in Algeria was given a six-month jail term on Tuesday for demanding the death of journalist and author Kamel Daoud whom he accused of "apostasy".
Algeria's parliament is expected to adopt a package of constitutional reforms that authorities say will strengthen democracy, but opponents doubt it will bring real change.
