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Saudi pipeline outage threatens loss of 4% of global oil supply
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (544+ words) Satellite image shows damage to the East-West pipeline facility in the Hejaz Region, Saudi Arabia, on Sept 11. Published Sep 13, 2026, 09:52 PM Updated Sep 13, 2026, 10:34 PM LONDON – Saudi Arabia will run out of oil stocks for export if it does not restart its…...
Nearly 86,000 flee fighting in Yemen: UN
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (418+ words) Some of those displaced have begun fleeing Yemen altogether. Published Sep 13, 2026, 10:03 PM Updated Sep 13, 2026, 10:21 PM GENEVA – Flaring fighting between government forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen has displaced nearly 86,000 people, the United Nations said on Sept 13, with the number…...
New report of attack on Strait of Hormuz shipping fans fears of threats to oil supplies
13+ hour, 16+ min ago (795+ words) Ongoing attacks in the widening Middle East war could send energy prices even higher. Published Sep 13, 2026, 10:26 AM Updated Sep 13, 2026, 12:03 PM ADEN/DUBAI - Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sept…...
Lebanon’s president visits south after Israel blows up strategic Hezbollah site
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (341+ words) The Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon on Sept 7 (left) and the aftermath of an Israeli demolition on Sept 10 which triggered a 4.1-magnitude tremor. Published Sep 12, 2026, 03:25 PM BEIRUT - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun visited the country’s south on Sept 12, in a…...
US producer inflation tops expectations as diesel costs jump
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (556+ words) Petrol prices being displayed at an Exxon petrol station in Huntsville, Texas, on Sept 8. Published Sep 10, 2026, 10:56 PM Updated Sep 10, 2026, 11:22 PM Washington – US wholesale inflation picked up more than expected in August, government data showed on Sept 10, driven by higher energy…...
US slaps new sanctions on networks aiding Iran’s proxies in Middle East
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (331+ words) Iranians driving past an anti-US billboard in Tehran, Iran, on Sept 9. Published Sep 11, 2026, 03:30 AM Updated Sep 11, 2026, 04:22 AM WASHINGTON - The US government announced new sanctions on Sept 10 against firms and individuals that it says are aiding Hezbollah and other Iranian proxies…...
The Chinese cook, Xi Jinping and a different vision for the Middle East
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (183+ words) A hit Chinese movie and Xi’s visit to Cairo offer uncannily similar ideas of China’s place in the Middle East – and of how Beijing wants its power to be understood. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (right) welcoming his Chinese counterpart…...
Iran strikes ships, expands no-go zone outside Hormuz strait
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (660+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026, 02:38 AM TEHRAN - Iran said it attacked more than a dozen vessels trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Sept 9, as it announced an expansion of a no-go zone outside the strategic waterway it has blockaded for…...
Benjamin Netanyahu on Syria visit says ‘very close’ to toppling Iran’s Islamic republic
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (306+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops in southern Syria on Sept 9. Published Sep 09, 2026, 11:08 PM Updated Sep 09, 2026, 11:10 PM Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a visit to Israeli troops in southern Syria on Sept 9 that Iran’s Islamic…...
Explainer-Why is US ally Iraq unable to disarm Iran's militia allies?
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (582+ words) Members of the Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah attend the funeral of their members, who were killed in an airstrike that targeted a Hashd al‑Shaabi headquarters near the western al‑Qaim district on the Syrian border, amid the U....