Riyadh rejected American requests to delay the cut for a month, deepening the rift between the two countries.

Concerns grow for climber Elnaz Rekabi after she was praised by supporters of women’s-rights protests in Iran.

On the run, the paramilitary chief crisscrossed his global business empire, stopping in Central African Republic and Mali, desperate to show he was still in control; ‘I need more gold.’

Libya and the U.S. are investigating suspected gold-for-cash trades between Venezuela and Libyan militia leader Khalifa Haftar, security officials said.

The U.S. and other powers are investigating militia leader Khalifa Haftar’s alleged efforts to raise funds through oil deals, including with Emirati brokers and with Venezuela.

Media groups, in a letter to the Russian ambassador to Paris, denounce arrest of the journalist.

Dams that collapsed in the storm had received no maintenance in more than 20 years despite repeated warnings over flooding.

Iran’s military crackdown on protesters in the country’s Kurdish region is becoming increasingly deadly.

A blaze engulfed a notorious jail known for housing political prisoners, including arrested demonstrators who authorities said had clashed with prison guards.

Riyadh has signaled to the White House it would act if crude prices are too high to win goodwill in the U.S. Congress.

Tehran resumed fuel exports to Afghanistan, with the Taliban providing dollars to Iran from its narcotics operations.

The oil giant is in talks to clinch a deal in the North African nation that holds bigger shale resources than the U.S.

Security forces have used live ammunition and threatened that the crackdown could intensify to suppress demonstrations over the death of a young woman in police custody.

Mohammed Barkindo said consumers should brace for more energy shortages unless the world boosts investment in oil-and-gas development, the cartel’s first, full-throated response to calls to limit...

Young Russian technocrats with deep knowledge of the West are vaulting to the Kremlin’s upper echelons of power.

Vladimir Putin has helped resolve conflicts within the oil cartel by wielding Russia’s power as a major oil producer. That has given the country considerable influence over the direction of the...

President Trump’s outreach to a rogue Libyan general could push oil prices higher, the head of the country’s United Nations-backed government said.

Even as it plays a central role in Ukraine, the paramilitary group is quietly expanding its alliances in Africa, bolstering support for Russia there.

They are finding new ways to challenge the Islamic Republic after the government imposed sweeping disruptions to the internet that have affected the movement’s ability to use social media to spread...

Following Prigozhin’s death, business school grad Dmitry Sytii is working to preserve the group’s multibillion-dollar African operations.

A deal would restore ties between Damascus and much of the surrounding region while potentially curbing the influence of Iran.

Authorities are using plainclothes security officers, digital surveillance and drones as protesters move away from big gatherings in favor of pop-up demonstrations and other displays of resistance.

Women removed their state-mandated headscarves in the streets to protest the death of a woman who was accused of violating the country’s Islamic dress code.

The contest for market share in India and China is hurting Tehran’s ability to withstand economic pressure from Western sanctions.

An Iranian firm is working with the Maduro government’s troubled emergency food program, which is the subject of U.S. enforcement action as an alleged money-laundering operation, compounding U.S....

Demonstrations in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody have spread to universities and high schools.

Russia’s invasion spurred price shocks and shortages of basic commodities, an especially tough blow to developing nations that were already far behind in their recovery from the pandemic. “We cannot...

Detained dissidents chanted antigovernment slogans before violence erupted and a deadly fire engulfed Tehran’s Evin Prison, known as a symbol of political repression, activists said.

Venezuela’s oil minister, a loyal ex-general, is taking over OPEC’s presidency as his country and the cartel share volatile relations with Washington.

Authorities are using plainclothes security officers, digital surveillance and drones as protesters move away from big gatherings in favor of pop-up demonstrations and other displays of resistance.

Arms shipments from the United Arab Emirates are fueling a war that has killed more than 3,900 people and run counter to Biden administration efforts to mediate an end to the conflict.

Iran is set to boost its crude output next month, a top Iranian oil official was reported as saying, and added that a deadline to bid for oil and gas fields had been pushed back.

Ships carrying Iranian crude have long used tactics to avoid detection amid Western sanctions. But when a new U.S. oil export ban begins Nov. 5, enhanced satellite technology is expected to help...

Hope rises that the ship can be refloated and cleared by Saturday, earlier than expected.

The commander of the Quds Force has met leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah in recent weeks to coordinate strikes.

Saudi Arabia’s oil-price war with Russia flooded the market with crude. Now, with demand having dried up and buyers hard to find, the kingdom is resorting to storing much of it at sea.

A global coalition of oil-producing nations has postponed an emergency summit planned for Monday as hopes of an unprecedented production pact among the world’s three biggest crude producers faded.

The debate inside Saudi Arabia comes amid weaker-than-expected oil demand, as Covid-19 cases in many parts of the world rise and the expected return of Libyan crude threatens to swell global supplies.

Forces fired live ammunition and raided homes in search of opponents in an effort to crack down on a two-month-old protest movement sweeping the country.

The attack comes during protests in Iran and elsewhere over a 22-year-old woman’s death in Tehran while in police custody.  

Forces fired live ammunition and raided homes in search of opponents in an effort to crack down on a two-month-old protest movement sweeping the country.

General Electric is planning to end sales of oil and gas equipment later this year in Iran, illustrating how U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal is shutting a narrow window of opportunity for some...

A Libyan general has seized the country’s largest oil field, according to officials, cementing control over one of the North African nation’s key economic resources and increasing the likelihood the...

The water route poses a growing challenge for the U.S. and its allies as they try to disrupt cooperation between Moscow and Tehran in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The U.S. has shared intelligence with authorities in Chad that the head of the Russian paramilitary company is working with Chadian rebels to destabilize the government and potentially kill the...

An alliance of oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia and Russia is close to a deal that would extend their collective production cuts through Sept. 1, as the world emerges from pandemic-induced...

Oil supply disruptions in hot spots around the world are putting pressure on the cost of buying and shipping crude. But the turmoil is benefiting U.S. shale producers, whose oil fields and tankers...

Students in Tehran faced off with police, chanting, “Don’t be afraid, we are all together.”

More than $3 billion of liability coverage is in place for the owner of the grounded container ship Ever Given.

The country’s middle class is shrinking for the first time in decades amid U.S. sanctions, corruption and economic mismanagement.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies are considering deeper oil output cuts ahead of their December meeting, as producers confront a global crude glut and signs of...

Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members are considering cutting their oil output as soon as possible, rather than waiting until next month when the group’s recent production agreement with the U.S. and...

Iran’s crude-oil sales have been battered by a sudden downturn in demand from its last big trading partner, China, following the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

The emergence of India as a major buyer of Russian oil has the potential to take the sting out of Western sanctions.

Many international oil companies are staying on the sidelines as the Trump administration threatens to rip up the 2016 nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions.

Saudi Arabia has threatened to ignite an oil-price war unless fellow OPEC members make up for their failure to abide by the cartel’s recent production cuts.

A handful of companies and national producers around the world bought insurance—in the form of hedging strategies—for a collapse in oil prices.

Moscow has discussed long-term docking rights in ports in eastern Libya with the warlord that controls the area, as it seeks to deepen its influence in Africa.

Authorities say they have issued indictments of more than 1,000 people in Tehran alone, and on Sunday a judge in the southern province of Hormozgan said that 164 more protesters would be charged with...

A global race among U.S. allies to secure American gas exports is testing the country’s ability to meet fast-growing demand.

The CIA director visited Libya amid concerns the Kremlin-linked outfit, which has played an increasing battlefield role in the Ukraine war, may tap into the country’s oil riches.

Militant attacks on security forces and unrest in Iran’s main oil hub threaten the country’s economic engine as the regime struggles to cope with tighter U.S. sanctions, a falling currency and...

Saudi Arabia’s oil-price war with Russia flooded the market with crude. Now, with demand having dried up and buyers hard to find, the kingdom is resorting to storing much of it at sea.

The first of five tankers carrying Iranian fuel has reached gasoline-starved Venezuela in a show of defiance by two U.S. adversaries flouting American sanctions aimed at unseating their authoritarian...

Asian companies that had provided a lifeline to Iran after the U.S. reimposed sanctions last year are pulling back, hurting the hobbled Iranian economy and leaving the Islamic Republic with less...

OPEC and its allies completed a new production pact to deepen their oil-output cuts, according to delegates.

A lack of natural-gas storage facilities in the U.K., where capacity has been allowed to dwindle in recent years, has raised concerns that energy supplies won’t hold up if there is a cold winter.

The president’s ambitious agenda to stem global warming calls for a shift away from fossil fuels, but he is also urging OPEC to increase production to ease shortages and to lower prices.

Military contractors linked to the Kremlin have seized control of two of Libya’s largest oil facilities, heightening tensions between Russia and the U.S. over Moscow’s growing footprint in the...

Tehran’s rapidly developing ability to build and deploy drones, some of which mimic designs used in the U.S. and Israeli militaries, is changing the security equation in a region already on edge.

Persian Gulf waters off Iraq have become an important waypoint for Iranian oil smugglers looking to avoid U.S. sanctions, according to American officials, who expressed frustration with Baghdad.

A second tanker dispatched by Iran was welcomed Monday by Venezuela, a lifeline for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that reflects the closer ties being forged between Tehran and U.S. adversaries...

OPEC and its allies finalized an extension of their record oil-production curbs through July, delegates said, after Iraq and Nigeria agreed to slightly deeper cuts to compensate for failing to adhere...

Iran has issued a warning to international shipping authorities that commercial routes in the Red Sea are unsafe, saying three of its tankers have been attacked off Saudi Arabia’s coast in the past...

The $1 billion pledged by French oil giant Total in an Iranian gas field is a breakthrough for the resource-rich country, but it is unlikely to unleash a flood of foreign energy-industry investment.

Iran’s growing oil exports illustrate how the invasion of Ukraine is redrawing the world’s energy trade routes, as energy consumers look for alternatives to Russian oil and gas to avoid Western...

The Trump administration confiscated vessels allegedly loaded with Iranian fuel in violation of sanctions, stepping up its campaign against Tehran.

The cartel predicts it will dramatically boost its influence in the global oil market over the next two decades as production by other big producers falls.