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Australia concerned for 3 held in Iran on spying charges

9:42 am September 18, 2019

Canberra : An Australian government minister on Wednesday expressed concern for three Australians arrested in Iran on suspicion of spying and separated their plight from a tense standoff in the Middle East over the weekend attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. Trade Minister Simon Birmingham was responding after Iran on Tuesday acknowledged for the first […]

Iran denies successful cyber attacks on oil sector

Attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities have global consequences: US official

9:31 am September 18, 2019

Washington: The attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities have global consequences and the UN must play its part to address threats to international peace, a senior Trump administration official has said, as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo left for Jeddah for talks with the top Saudi leadership. Saudi Arabia, a key American ally, leads […]

Pentagon sending reinforcements to Gulf following attacks in Saudi

Saudi Arabia: Half of daily production recovered post-attack

8:56 am September 18, 2019

Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has said that more than half of the country’s daily crude oil production that was knocked out by an attack had been recovered and that production capacity at its targeted plants would be fully restored by the end of the month. “Where would you find a company in this whole […]

Trump: It looks like Iran hit Saudis, no military option yet

6:24 am September 17, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump declared Monday it “looks” like Iran was behind the explosive attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. But he stressed that military retaliation was not yet on the table in response to the strike against a key US Mideast ally. Oil prices soared worldwide amid the damage in Saudi Arabia and fresh […]

Israeli PM vows to annex ‘all the settlements’ in West Bank

9:24 pm September 16, 2019

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday to annex “all the settlements” in the West Bank, including an enclave deep in the heart of the largest Palestinian city, in a last-ditch move that appeared aimed at shoring up nationalist support the day before a do-over election. Locked in a razor tight race and with […]