South Korea plans 50pc Middle East crude reliance by 2035
South Korea aims to reduce its reliance on crude oil from the Middle East to 50pc by 2035, as Asia’s fourth-biggest economy seeks to diversify...
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US, Iran hold first shuttle talks in months
The first shuttle talks between the United States and Iran for months raised hopes on Wednesday that the adversaries could make some progress towards ending...
2 poll commissioners objected 14 times to voter deletions
Two Election Commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi recorded objections at least 14 times over 10 months to decisions and orders issued in the...
Russia cuts gas output and export forecasts
Russia’s economy ministry expects the country to produce and export less natural gas this year than previously forecast, according to a draft government document seen...
26 dead, 109 missing after Indonesia ship capsizes
The official death toll from a passenger ship that capsized and sank in Indonesia’s Java Sea rose to 26 today (23 September), up from the...
US diesel export ban would hurt fuel markets
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he backed the idea of a diesel export ban as a way to lower prices that have hit...
New book by Princess Diana’s brother prompts war of words with King Charles III
A book published Tuesday by the brother of the late Princess Diana has made headlines around the world with its damning allegations about Diana’s ex-husband,...
Saudi Arabia restarts East-West oil pipeline
Saudi Arabia has restarted operations at its East-West Pipeline and could resume exports from the Red Sea port of Yanbu later on Tuesday, three sources...
Palestine weekly: Violence hits olive groves, Al-Aqsa
This week’s events offered a glimpse of what the coming autumn may hold for Palestinians: Israeli ministers and settlers asserting themselves at Al-Aqsa Mosque; a...
4 dead, 45,000 homes without power after Dujuan
Torrential rains brought by a powerful typhoon lashing Japan’s Pacific coast caused landslides that killed four people with six missing, public broadcaster NHK said on...