MIDDLE EAST

Iran denies successful cyber attacks on oil sector

Saudi races to restore oil supply after strike blamed on Iran

10:02 pm September 15, 2019

Riyadh : Saudi Arabia raced on Sunday to restart operations at oil plants hit by drone attacks which slashed its production by half, as Iran dismissed US claims it was behind the assault. The Tehran-backed Huthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition is bogged down in a five-year war, have claimed Saturday’s strikes […]

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

Attack on Saudi oil sites raises risks amid US-Iran tension

8:50 pm September 15, 2019

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: A weekend drone attack on Saudi Arabia that cut into global energy supplies and halved the kingdom’s oil production threatened Sunday to fuel a regional crisis, as Iran denied U.S. allegations it launched the assault and tensions remained high over Tehran’s collapsing nuclear deal. Iran called the U.S. claims “maximum lies,” […]

Netanyahu's prospects bolstered amid Israel-Hamas fighting

Embattled Israeli PM fights for survival in do-over election

2:33 pm September 15, 2019

Jerusalem: A visibly frantic Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in the fight of his political life as the country heads to national elections for the second time this year. With Netanyahu locked in a razor tight race and facing the likelihood of criminal corruption charges, a decisive victory in Tuesday’s vote may be the only […]

Embattled Israeli PM Netanyahu fights for survival in do-over election

2:15 pm September 15, 2019

Siemens, Orascom to rebuild vast Iraq power plant

10:39 pm September 14, 2019

Baghdad : Iraq on Saturday signed a USD 1.3 billion deal with German industrial conglomerate Siemens and Egypt’s Orascom Construction to rebuild a major power plant complex in the ravaged city of Baiji, north of Baghdad. The new deal is part of a broader energy road map that Iraq signed with Siemens earlier this year […]