Saudi setback over EU push to downgrade G20 presence
A push to downgrade the EU's attendance at next month's G20 summit in Riyadh over human rights concerns marks another setback for Saudi plans to host a coming-out party on ...
Iran ‘carefully’ monitoring developments of Saudi secret nuclear activities: Khatibzadeh
Iran’s Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Tehran is carefully monitoring the developments surrounding Saudi Arabia’s secret nuclear activities, warning Riyadh to adhere to its international obligations. Khatibzadeh addressed reports ...
EU parliament urges arms embargo on Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi murder, Yemen war
The European Parliament called on European Union (EU) member states to impose an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia over its gruesome murder of well-known dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and the ...
Aramco Discovers 2 Oil and Gas Fields in Northern Saudi Arabia
Saudi Aramco discovered two oil and gas fields in northern parts of Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s official news agency reported, citing Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman. Gas has started ...
Crashing Oil Demand Drives a 17 mbpd Global Output Cut in Q2
Consulting firm IHS Markit expects oil demand in the second quarter of 2020 to be 22 million barrels per day less than a year ago. This collapse in demand combined ...
Saudi Oil Output Dips Despite Promises to Pump More
Saudi Arabia, which recently pledged oil-supply increases to tame rallying crude prices, cut production last month, according to OPEC delegates familiar with the matter. The biggest member of the Organization ...
S. Arabia’s SABIC Profits Fall
Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), the world’s fourth-biggest petrochemicals company, reported an 18.6% drop in fourth-quarter net profit, missing analysts’ forecasts, as sales dropped and its steel business was hit ...
Kazakh FM: Astana talks only base to establish peace in Syria
madaresharghi Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Gheirat Abdelrahamanov said on Friday that Syrian Peace Talks in Astana serve as a full-scale and unique foundation for all interested parties to establish stability in ...
EU Lawmakers Reach Deal on Climate Targets
madaresharghi European Union lawmakers and member states on Thursday agreed climate targets for 2030 in a move to meet the bloc’s obligations under the Paris Agreement, which seeks to avoid ...
NISOC to Finalize 2 Oil Deals by March
madaresharghi Negotiations to develop two oilfields in the southern Khuzestan Province, namely Shadegan and Karanj, will be finalized by the end of the current fiscal that ends in March 2018, ...


