Day: September 16, 2019

Prince William was bullied in school over mum Diana’s topless photos

8:52 pm September 16, 2019

London: Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, was teased at school when his mom Princess Diana’s topless photos were published in 1996, revealed Vogue publisher Nicholas Coleridge. In his memoir, ‘The Glossy Years’, Coleridge wrote that during a lunch conversation, Diana told him that her eldest son William had called her from his boarding school, Eton […]

New EU chief doubles down on ‘European way of life’ tag

8:40 pm September 16, 2019

Brussels: The European Commission’s incoming chief, Ursula von der Leyen, on Monday defended a controversial “Protecting our European Way of Life” title for her new migration commissioner, rejecting calls to change it. The moniker is under fire from European lawmakers, rights groups and some member states for echoing the xenophobic rhetoric of the far-right. But, […]

US stocks open sharply lower amid pressure on oil market

Oil prices rocket on slashed Saudi output

8:37 pm September 16, 2019

London: Brent crude surged by 20 per cent Monday — the biggest gain since the 1991 Gulf War — after weekend drone attacks on two Saudi oil facilities halved output in the world’s top crude exporter, fuelling fresh geopolitical and growth fears. WTI oil meanwhile soared 15 percent, also after President Donald Trump warned that […]

Iran denies successful cyber attacks on oil sector

Yemen rebels threaten new attacks on Saudi oil sites

8:35 pm September 16, 2019

Sanaa: Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who claimed responsibility for devastating weekend attacks on Saudi oil facilities, threatened Monday to carry out more strikes and urged foreigners to stay away. “We assure the Saudi regime that our long hand can reach any place we want at any time we choose,” Huthi military spokesman Brigadier Yahya Saree […]

Pentagon sending reinforcements to Gulf following attacks in Saudi

Saudi oil attack sends Wall Street into the red

8:33 pm September 16, 2019

New York: Wall Street sank into the red on Monday, after weekend drone attacks knocked out much of Saudi Arabia’s oil production and sent crude prices shooting higher. The lower open threatened to break an eight-day winning streak for the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average, with the major US stock indices just below fresh record […]