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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 […]

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,” […]

Drones hit two Saudi Aramco oil facilities

12:11 pm September 14, 2019

Riyadh: Drones struck two Saudi Aramco oil facilities early Saturday, state media said, citing the interior ministry. “The industrial security teams of Aramco started dealing with fires at two of its facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais as a result of… drones,” the official Saudi Press Agency reported. Citing an interior ministry spokesperson, SPA news agency […]

Powerful new electric eel found in South America

3:45 am September 12, 2019

WASHINGTON: Researchers report two newly discovered species of electric eels in South America, one of which can deliver a bigger jolt than any other known animal. The researchers collected 107 eels in four countries and found differences in their DNA, along with minor physical variations. One species had the ability to generate 860 volts of […]

Woman kills her two kids, self over domestic feud in Thane

4:46 pm September 2, 2019

Thane: A 28-year-old woman allegedly killed her two children before committing suicide due to marital discord in Thane city of Maharashtra, police said on Monday. A suicide note was found at the spot in which Seeta Vaviva purportedly held her husband and in-laws responsible for killing the children and herself, Kasarwadavli police station’s senior inspector […]