MIDDLE EAST

Iran diplomat warns of ‘all-out war’ if hit for Saudi attack

Energy prices spike after Saudi oil attack as US blames Iran

9:16 pm September 16, 2019

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Global energy prices spiked Monday by a percentage unseen since the 1991 Gulf War after a weekend attack on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia caused the worst disruption to world supplies on record, further fueling heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. American officials released satellite images of the damage […]

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 […]

Erdogan hosts Putin, Rouhani for Syria summit

2:37 pm September 16, 2019

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host his Russian and Iranian counterparts on Monday for their latest summit on Syria, with attention focused on Damascus’s push on the last rebel-held bastion of Idlib. Presidents Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rouhani will join Erdogan in the Turkish capital Ankara for their fifth summit on the conflict […]

Europeans see last chance for Iran-US meeting

Trump may meet Iran leader despite Saudi attacks: White House

10:12 pm September 15, 2019

Washington : The White House said on Sunday President Donald Trump may still meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, despite the US accusing Iran of masterminding drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway did not rule out the possibility in a television interview broadcast as Saudi Arabia raced to restart […]