Iran nuclear talks stumble as US rebuffs Russian demands
The US has ruled out offering any sanctions relief to Russia in order to clinch its support for an agreement to revive the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran, rebuffing a Continue Reading
Saudis Fight to Turn the Tide in Yemen’s Civil War
Enemy bullets ripped overhead. A barefoot Yemeni soldier who calls himself Fouad the Brave grabbed a rifle and returned fire from behind a sand berm, taking aim at Iran-backed Houthi Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia Puts 81 People to Death in Its Largest Execution Ever
Saudi Arabia put to death 81 people who had been convicted of crimes including murders, rape, arms smuggling and links to terrorist groups, in the largest known mass execution in Continue Reading
Iran Nuclear Talks Suspended as Window Closes on Key Deal
World powers and Iran suspended their efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear accord, reigniting a crisis that’s set to impact already surging oil markets and potentially plunge the energy-exporting Persian Continue Reading
Iran nuclear talks are halted after new Russian demands related to Ukraine
Negotiations in Vienna aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal were called off indefinitely Tuesday after a last-minute demand by Russia upended what diplomats had hoped was the final stretch Continue Reading
Analysis: You still need us, UAE tells U.S. as it flexes Gulf oil muscles
UAE, Saudi have spare oil capacity that is now in demand U.S. waited till crisis before seeking help, says source Longtime U.S. allies have been building Russia ties Yemen war, Continue Reading
Oil Rises As UAE Backtracks On OPEC Output Boost Statement
Crude prices tanked yesterday after the UAE Ambassador to Washington said that the UAE favors further production increases. Today, the Emirati energy minister, Suhail al Mazrouei has reaffirmed that the Continue Reading
Iran says unreasonable U.S. offers hurt efforts to reach nuclear deal
A child puckers her lips on a window of a bus heading to a temporary housing location, following Russian invasion of Ukraine, near the North Railway Station in Bucharest, Romania, Continue Reading
How Dubai Could Undermine Sanctions on Russian Oligarchs
Stretching into the Persian Gulf from the beaches and skyscrapers of Dubai is a man-made archipelago in the shape of a vast palm tree, its branchlike rows of islands lined Continue Reading
Turkey has no plans to cut Russian oil buys, welcomes Iran supply -minister
Turkey will continue to buy Russian oil and hopes sanctions on Iran are lifted, bringing additional supplies to meet global demand, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Tuesday. Turkey relies Continue Reading