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The climate change protest group, who are currently staging a month of disruptive protests across the capital, have claimed responsibility for the stunt that disrupted Monday morning's traffic

France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne warned striking oil industry workers on Sunday night that the government might once again use its so-called requisition powers to force workers back to their posts to ease fuel shortages. Essential workers at two storage depots have been ordered back to work Monday.

Brian Glendinning, from Kincardine, Fife, was due to start work as a construction engineer at BP oil refinery but was instead detained after flying into Basra International Airport on September 4.

Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman said Sunday that the decision by OPEC+ to cut oil output was taken unanimously and for purely economic reasons. “Although the OPEC+ decision, which was taken unanimously, was due to purely economic reasons, some accused the Kingdom of standing with Russia,” he said…

The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has vowed to crack down on "eco-zealots" with an amendment to The Public Order Act that gives police more powers to arrest protestors.

Just Stop Oil protesters marked their 16th day of disruption by supergluing themselves to Park Lane near Hyde Park in central London and displaying banners while others locked themselves together

Letter: Prof Paul Ekins and Prof Peter Newell debunk the claims by the climate minister, Graham Stuart

Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to protest against soaring prices as weeks of strikes for higher wages at oil refineries spurred demands for a general strike.

Kuwait appointed Bader al Mulla as its new oil minister in a new cabinet, the Ministry of Information said on Sunday. Abdul Wahab al-Rasheed is also appointed finance minister and Salem Al-Sabah as foreign minister, the ministry added. Earlier this month, Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah re-appointed Sheikh…