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US-Iran conflict: Trump may ease oil sanctions on Tehran to help in rebuilding country; says ‘they’re going to need money’

US President Donald Trump United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday hinted that they might ease the Iran oil sanctions to help rebuild the country, while maintaining its maximum pressure campaign on Iran, including oil sale restrictions. “They’re going to need money to put that country back into shape. We want to see that happen,” […]

Iran-Israel conflict: Oil refinery, civilian areas; who struck what in latest escalation

Left- Iran; right- Israel (Image credit: AP) In a dramatic escalation of hostilities, Israel and Iran have targeted key defence infrastructures with the former directly striking Iran’s energy infrastructure and its defence ministry headquarters and sites related to “nuclear weapons project”.Since Friday night, Iran has launched around 200 missiles and numerous explosive drones at Israel, […]

Nuclear sites hit, oil depot targeted: Israel-Iran trade heavy blows; key details

A day after the Khamenei-led Islamic Republic struck the IDF’s military base in Tel Aviv, Israel launched a major counteroffensive on Sunday, directly targeting Tehran’s defence and energy infrastructure in a sharp escalation of hostilities between the two arch-rivals.IDF also hit Iranian Shahran oil facility in its latest series of attacks.In response, Iran fired a […]

Green fuel: UAE retail giant LuLu now runs delivery fleet with biodiesel from used cooking oil | World News

LuLu’s delivery trucks and vans run on biodiesel refined from used cooking oil collected across its UAE stores/ Image courtesy: Gulf News LuLu Group, one of the UAE’s largest retail chains, has begun powering its delivery fleet with biodiesel made from used cooking oil collected across its stores. This move is part of the company’s […]

Oil prices jump on report of Israel prepping Iran strike | World News

HONG KONG: Crude prices surged Wednesday following a report that US intelligence suggested Israel was planning a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, which would send geopolitical tensions into overdrive and fuel regional conflict fears.While safe haven gold pushed almost two percent higher, the news from CNN appeared to be having little detrimental effect on Asian […]

Mood lighting, baby oil & drugs: Shocking images from Diddy’s hotel room after his arrest

Shocking images revealed during the federal trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, showing the disgraced rap mogul preparing for “freak offs” at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, despite knowing he was about to be arrested in September 2024.During the proceedings, his former partner Cassie provided testimony, following her previous allegations of coercion and mistreatment. […]

Watch: Trump says he’s ‘not thrilled’ with ‘a drop of oil’ UAE gifted him in viral video

Trump points to the ‘one-drop’ Murban oil that he got from the UAE and says he’s not thrilled by the gift. President Donald Trump did not hide his disappointment with the gift he received from the UAE — a small amount of UAE’s flagship Murban crude oil, and said he was not thrilled because he […]

Startling admission by Diddy’s attorney: Domestic violence not sex-trafficking, so what if he likes baby oil

Diddy’s attorney on Monday said loving kinky sex, using baby oil for sex does not make him a criminal. P Diddy’s lawyer Teny Geragos made a shocking admission in the court on Monday and said that the music mogul committed domestic violence, for which he is ready to take full responsibility.But domestic violence is not […]

As oil prices fall can Gulf big spenders keep Trump pledges?

Representative image (AP) Almost every month, there’s another announcement about how various Gulf states will spend mind-blowing sums of money, hundreds of billions of dollars, if not trillions, in deals made with the new Trump administration in the US.In January, Saudi Arabia said it would broaden investments into, and trade with, the US to over […]

Sudan says may halt South Sudan oil exports after RSF attacks

Representative Image (AI-generated) Sudan’s army-aligned government has told energy firms to prepare to stop handling crude oil from South Sudan, which relies on its neighbour for exports, after attacks on key facilities, according to a letter seen by AFP.In the letter dated Friday, the Sudanese energy and petroleum ministry informed its South Sudanese counterpart that […]