EU reduces Turkey's pre-accession funds in 2018 budget amid strained ties
madaresharghi Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and member states agreed on Saturday to slash the “pre-accession funds” by 105 million euros ($123.795 million), and froze an additional 70 million ...
PM Hariri says will clarify stance on Lebanon after returning home
madaresharghi "With regard to the political situation in Lebanon, I will go to Beirut in the coming days, I will participate in the independence celebrations, and it is there that ...
Rights group expresses concern over fate of 7 Bahraini civilians forcibly disappeared
madaresharghi An independent human rights group has expressed deep concern over the fate of seven people, including two minors, who have been forcibly disappeared as the ruling Al Khalifah regime ...
Egypt opens Gaza’s Rafah crossing after nearly 80 days
madaresharghi Egyptian authorities have allowed the opening of the Rafah crossing east of the country to the besieged Gaza Strip after nearly three months of closure. The reopening on Saturday, ...
Ardakanian Discusses Water, Agro Coop. in Foreign Trip
madaresharghi In his first overseas trip as Iran's energy minister, Reza Ardakanian discussed regional water challenges and explored economic and agricultural opportunities in separate meetings in Turkey and Tajikistan this ...
Oil Service Firms Dominate N. America Energy Bankruptcies
madaresharghi Offshore oil drilling and services companies, hurt by the energy industry’s shift to lower-cost shale and away from deepwater projects, are dominating the year’s energy bankruptcies in North America, ...
Singaporean Company Signs MoU to Study Iran Oilfield
madaresharghi Singapore-based Berlanga Group has signed a memorandum of understanding and a non-disclosure agreement with the National Iranian Oil Company on Wednesday to study Iran’s Dalpari Oilfield in the western ...
Oil Prices Set for Weekly Fall
madaresharghi Oil prices rose on Friday but remained en route for their first week of losses in six, as concerns grew over Russia’s support for an extension of the crude ...
S. Arabia’s Falih: 50% of Excess Oil Remain
madaresharghi The world will still have a surplus of oil by the end of March 2018, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said on Thursday, signaling a willingness to extend output cuts ...
Essar’s Oct. Iran Oil Imports Fall
madaresharghi Indian private refiner Essar Oil’s imports from Iran fell by about 27% in October from a year ago to about 183,000 barrels per day as the company diversifies its ...