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Oil prices skyrocket 20% after attacks on Saudi plants disrupt global supply

Posted on September 16, 2019September 29, 2019By Editor

Crude prices soared as trading opened on Monday after this weekend’s drone attack on key Saudi Arabian oil facilities slashed the kingdom’s output by half … Read More >Oil prices skyrocket 20% after attacks on Saudi plants disrupt global supply

Saudi Arabia shuts down pipeline to Bahrain after drone strikes – report

Posted on September 16, 2019September 29, 2019By Editor

Riyadh has reportedly shut down a pipeline to Bahrain after drones targeted two key Saudi Aramco oil plants on Saturday. … Read More >Saudi Arabia shuts down pipeline to Bahrain after drone strikes – report

BRICS bank greenlights new projects in India, Russia & South Africa worth $1.4bn

Posted on September 16, 2019September 29, 2019By Editor

The New Development Bank (NDB) has approved four new infrastructure and development projects with loans totaling $1.4 billion. … Read More >BRICS bank greenlights new projects in India, Russia & South Africa worth $1.4bn

Netanyahu says he will annex Jewish settlements in Hebron if re-elected

Posted on September 16, 2019October 1, 2019By Editor

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed make all illegal West Bank settlements in Hebron officially part of Israel if he is victorious in tomorrow’s election. … Read More >Netanyahu says he will annex Jewish settlements in Hebron if re-elected

World

Paris’ justice minister backs accepting Snowden, who floats taking refuge in France

Posted on September 16, 2019September 29, 2019By Editor

Shortly after Edward Snowden flagged France as a place where he would want to live, the country’s justice minister said she personally supports granting asylum to the renowned whistleblower still in exile in Russia. … Read More >Paris’ justice minister backs accepting Snowden, who floats taking refuge in France

‘Thank you, Mr. President!’: Trump thanks himself for making US top energy producer

Posted on September 16, 2019September 29, 2019By Editor

In the wake of the Saudi refinery drone attacks, US President Donald Trump on Monday congratulated himself in a tweet for making the United States the biggest energy producer in the world. … Read More >‘Thank you, Mr. President!’: Trump thanks himself for making US top energy producer

Russia

Site of mall fire that killed 37 children turned into memorial ‘Park of Angels’

Posted on September 16, 2019September 29, 2019By Editor

A park commemorating victims of one of the deadliest fires in Russian history was opened in the city of Kemerovo. … Read More >Site of mall fire that killed 37 children turned into memorial ‘Park of Angels’

World

Moscow & New Delhi in talks over moving part of S-400 production to India

Posted on September 16, 2019October 25, 2019By Editor

Russia is considering moving part of its state-of-the-art air defense system’s production to India, the head of Russian state-run corporation Rostec said. India is set to procure five S-400s batteries within a $5.4bn deal. … Read More >Moscow & New Delhi in talks over moving part of S-400 production to India

World

Erdogan hosts leaders of Russia & Iran as he pushes for border ‘safe zone’ in Idlib

Posted on September 16, 2019November 22, 2020By Editor

Ankara hosts a trilateral meeting on Monday where President Erdogan is expected to parley with his Russian and Iranian counterparts for a buffer zone along the border to diminish a possible inflow of refugees from Idlib province. … Read More >Erdogan hosts leaders of Russia & Iran as he pushes for border ‘safe zone’ in Idlib

World

‘It is ours’: India ready to ‘move forward’ & reclaim Pakistan’s share of Kashmir, minister warns

Posted on September 16, 2019October 2, 2019By Editor

Risking further inflaming tensions over Kashmir, a chief minister in the Indian state of Gujarat warned Pakistan to brace for losing its part of the contested state to New Delhi as it is ready to ‘re-unite’ pre-1947 India. … Read More >‘It is ours’: India ready to ‘move forward’ & reclaim Pakistan’s share of Kashmir, minister warns