Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in strike, Israeli army says

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in strike, Israeli army says

A portrait of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah sits amid destruction in a area targeted overnight by Israeli airstrikes in Saksakiyeh on September 26, 2024. Mahmoud Zayyat | Afp | Getty Images The Israeli army on Saturday officially announced the killing of Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah, one day after carrying out a large-scale attack on Lebanon. … Read more

‘Reformist’ Masoud Pezeshkian elected president

‘Reformist’ Masoud Pezeshkian elected president

FILE PHOTO: Presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian shows the victory sign during a campaign event in Tehran, Iran June 23, 2024. Majid Asgaripour | Via Reuters Iran elected Masoud Pezeshkian to its presidency, in an unexpected victory for the country’s reformist camp amid deep social discontent, economic hardship, and regional war. Pezeshkian won 16.3 million votes, … Read more

Oil alliance OPEC+ extends collective crude production cuts into 2025

Oil alliance OPEC+ extends collective crude production cuts into 2025

OPEC+, a group of 23 oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, will convene on Sunday to decide on the next phase of production policy. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The influential Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, collectively known as OPEC+, on Sunday agreed to extend their official crude … Read more

Turkey’s inflation accelerates to nearly 70% in April

Turkey’s inflation accelerates to nearly 70% in April

A Turkish national flag, left, and a flag bearing the portrait of Kemal Ataturk, founder of the modern Turkish republic, hang from the exterior of a building in the Sisli district of Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Turkey’s inflation accelerated to 69.8% annually for the month of … Read more

Food charity says seven of its workers killed in Israeli airstrike

Food charity says seven of its workers killed in Israeli airstrike

A boy holds out an empty pot as he waits with other displaced Palestinians queueing for meals provided by a charity organisation ahead of the fast-breaking “iftar” meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 16, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between … Read more

Saudi oil giant Aramco posts 25% fall in full-year profit

Saudi oil giant Aramco posts 25% fall in full-year profit

Logo of Aramco, officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Group, Saudi petroleum and natural gas company, seen on the second day of the 24th World Petroleum Congress at the Big 4 Building at Stampede Park, on September 18, 2023, in Calgary, Canada.  Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Aramco reported … Read more