Offshore Oil Search Resumes, Except in Asia
madaresharghi Surveying the ocean floor for oil and natural gas reserves is gradually emerging from a multi-year slump, everywhere apart from Asia. Although Asia is the world’s biggest consumer of ...
Iranian Firms in Race for Southern Oilfields
madaresharghi Local oil and gas producers look to acquire the rights to develop two oilfields in the southern Khuzestan Province, despite facing competition from foreign energy rivals. Pasargad Energy Development ...
World’s 1st Fully Solar-Powered Train
madaresharghi An Australian rail company has restored a disused train to be 100% powered by solar energy- a world first for the transportation sector. The Byron Bay Railroad Company has ...
British Energy Company Eyes Iranian Oil Market
madaresharghi London-based Serica Energy that recently acquired a stake in Rhum Gas Field, co-owned by Iran, is willing to invest in Iran's lucrative oil market upon the completion of the ...
Eni, Shell Facing Trial Over Nigeria Bribery Scandal
madaresharghi Eni SpA and Royal Dutch Shell Plc and senior executives will face trial over a $1.1 billion bribery scandal in Nigeria, an Italian judge ruled on Wednesday. "The trial ...
Saudi forces kill Shia activist in Qatif
madaresharghi The Taghrid Ahrar Twitter account reported that Salman al-Faraj was killed during the raid on Tuesday. The Riyadh regime’s forces briefly arrested his wife, Sakina al-Faraj, who was injured ...
Turkey court sentences 15 soldiers to life in prison over coup attempt
madaresharghi The court in Silivri, outside Istanbul, on Wednesday convicted the men, most of whom officers, of "participating in an attempt to invade" Istanbul provincial offices of the ruling Justice ...
Iraqi Kurdistan parliament speaker resigns amid anti-KRG protests
madaresharghi Sources within leading Kurdish opposition movement Gorran said on Wednesday that its member Yousif Mohamed had resigned as parliament speaker. The party also withdrew its ministers from the KRG. ...
Fresh Saudi airstrikes leave over dozen civilians dead in Yemen
madaresharghi Local sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Arabic-language al-Masirah television network that Saudi warplanes targeted a school in the northwestern city of Sa'ada, located 240 kilometers (150 miles) north of the capital ...
Oxfam: 1,000 days of war bringing 'apocalypse' on Yemen
madaresharghi Yemen is on the brink of total collapse and an “apocalypse,” aid agency Oxfam said in a report Wednesday marking 1,000 days since Saudi Arabia and its regional allies ...