UAE closes biggest oil refinery as Iran vows to choke off crude exports
Tehran (AFP) - The UAE's largest oil refinery closed on Tuesday after a drone attack, as Iran defiantly vowed that ...
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Oil crisis: Is world better placed than in 1973?
London (AFP) - Ten days after the first American and Israeli strikes against Iran, oil prices have cooled slightly after ...
Expats cling to Dubai’s allure despite Iran’s missiles
Paris (France) (AFP) - While tourists and non-essential diplomats scramble to leave the Gulf as Iran retaliates across the region ...
Defiant Iran vows to block Gulf oil until US-Israel bombing stops
Tehran (AFP) - Iran vowed on Tuesday that not one litre of oil would be exported from the Gulf while ...
Iran war sends prices in next door Turkmenistan soaring
Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) (AFP) - At a market in Turkmenistan's capital Ashgabat, pensioner Shemshat Kurbanova always used to pick the "juiciest" ...
Iran vows to fight on and block all Gulf oil
Tehran (AFP) - Iran vowed on Tuesday that not one litre of oil would be exported from the Gulf while ...
Trump’s limited options to curb Iran war oil price surge
Washington (United States) (AFP) - US President Donald Trump is under pressure to curb oil prices sent skyrocketing by the ...
Iran war sends crude prices soaring as Khamenei son takes charge
Tehran (AFP) - The Iran war sent oil prices soaring on Monday after Tehran, under new leader Mojtaba Khamanei, fired ...
Ships brandish China-links to weave through Strait of Hormuz
Paris (France) (AFP) - Ships anchored in the Gulf or transiting the Strait of Hormuz are changing their tracking data ...
Khamenei’s son takes charge as Iran war sends oil price soaring
Tehran (AFP) - Iran marked the appointment of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father as its supreme leader with a ...
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