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Does Trump Want Lower Gas Prices or Oil Sanctions on Iran?

The Trump administration’s math on Middle Eastern energy supplies just doesn’t add up.

Reason · Feb 24, 2025

Crude Rallies as Middle Eastern Crude Producers Raise Prices

March WTI crude oil (CLH25 ) today is up +1.16 (+1.63%), and March RBOB gasoline (RBH25 ) is up +0.0046 (+0.22%). Crude oil and gasoline prices today are moderately higher as tighter US sanctions on Russian crude limit global oil supplies and allow the biggest Middle Eastern oil producers to...

Barchart · Feb 10, 2025

Two soldiers killed as Israel launches air strikes on Iran

ISRAEL'S military has confirmed it has been “conducting precise strikes on military targets in Iran” but is not targeting the Middle Eastern…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 26, 2024

As war engulfs Gaza, Putin sees a chance to regain some of Russia’s faded global stature

If it can retake its place at the high table of Middle Eastern politics, the Kremlin would be harking back to the Soviet Union’s superpower glory days, says historian Sergey Radchenko

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023

Iran and Saudi Arabia to open up travel, normalise diplomatic ties in major breakthrough at Beijing talks

China says it supports Middle Eastern countries in upholding their strategic independence

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023

Iran-Saudi Arabia deal casts China in unfamiliar global role

An agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to re-establish diplomatic relations has cast China in a leading role in Middle Eastern politics — a part previously reserved for longtime global heavyweights like the U.S. and Russia

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2023

Iran, not oil, is the main topic of Biden’s trip among Middle Eastern leaders

JERUSALEM — Many in the United States view President Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle East that began Wednesday as a mission to lower oil prices. But leaders throughout the region see it as a chance to hash out disagreements over Iran.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 13, 2022

Nandine: South London’s Kurdish culinary gem deserves all the hype

Pary Baban fills a hole in London’s culinary landscape with a restaurant serving dishes bursting with flavour and character from her homeland, Kurdistan, writes James Schaak

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

U.S. B-52H nuclear bomber flies from West Country to join Middle Eastern air forces

A number of military planes are now stationed over the East Mediterranean

Bristol Post · Apr 1, 2022