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Iran turns to Asian allies to seek relief from US sanctions

Aug 26, 2019 (AFP)

Zarif's Asian tour -- which also includes stopovers in Japan and Malaysia -- comes fresh on the heels of a surprise visit to the G7 summit in France over the we...

Iran sends warships to Gulf of Aden to protect commercial vessels

Aug 26, 2019 (UPI)

The destroyer Sahand and the carrier Khark will escort ships "to provide security for Islamic Republic vessels in international waters," Iranian Army Chief of S...

Rocket attack kills six in Iraq's oil-rich Kirkuk

Aug 25, 2019 (AFP)

"Six civilians were killed and nine others were wounded in an attack with rocket-propelled grenades and medium-grade weapons," they said in a statement. It said...

Britain sends another warship to Gulf

Aug 24, 2019 (AFP)

Britain has already sent the HMS Kent to cover for frigate HMS Montrose while it undergoes maintenance in nearby Bahrain, and is now redirecting the Type 45 des...

Canada pipeline construction to start within 30 days: company

Aug 21, 2019 (AFP)

The company said it has asked construction contractors to mobilize equipment and start hiring as many as 4,200 workers. Construction work, it said, would start ...

Bahrain joins U.S.-led coalition safeguarding Persian Gulf shipping

Aug 20, 2019 (UPI)

The confirmation came after Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, chief of CENTCOM, and other top U.S. commanders met with Bahrain's king in the capital, Manama. Bahrain is th...

US Navy 'ready' for Venezuela mission: top commander

Aug 19, 2019 (AFP)

US Southern Command chief Admiral Craig Faller made the remarks in Rio de Janeiro as the United States kicked off its annual UNITAS maritime exercise involving ...

Pollution-free hydrogen: green energy breakthrough

Aug 19, 2019 (AFP)

Unlike petrol and diesel, hydrogen produces no pollution when burned. It is already used by some car manufacturers to power vehicles and may also be burned to g...

Fracking prompts global spike in atmospheric methane

Aug 17, 2019 (SPX)

The research suggests that this methane has less carbon-13 relative to carbon-12 (denoting the weight of the carbon atom at the centre of the methane molecule) ...

Fracking has less impact on groundwater than traditional oil and gas production

Aug 17, 2019 (SPX)

High-volume hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, injects water, sand and chemicals under high pressure into petroleum-bearing rock formations to recover pre...

Peru protesters set fire to building housing China oil firm

Aug 17, 2019 (AFP)

The unrest occurred in El Alto after a meeting over better working conditions broke down between China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), local authorities, and oi...

Trump wants US to buy Greenland: report

Aug 16, 2019 (AFP)

Trump has expressed interest in the self-governing part of Denmark -- which is mostly covered in ice -- asking advisors if it is possible for the US to acquire ...

Natural-gas leaks major source of greenhouse gas emissions in Los Angeles

Aug 13, 2019 (SPX)

Methane is another greenhouse gas that is increasing in Earth's atmosphere because of humans. Methane is produced by human activity in much smaller amounts than...

Iraq rejects Israeli role in Gulf flotilla

Aug 12, 2019 (AFP)

Tensions have escalated in past months, with drones downed and tankers mysteriously attacked in Gulf and nearby waters. Washington and its Arab allies in the Gu...

Enhanced natural gas storage to help reduce global warming

Aug 12, 2019 (SPX)

Natural gas (predominantly methane) is a clean energy alternative. It is stored by compression, liquefaction, or adsorption. Among these, adsorbed natural gas (...

Iran's Zarif blasts US arms sales to Gulf

Aug 12, 2019 (AFP)

"The US (sold) $50 billion worth of weapons to the region last year. Some of the countries in the region with less than a third of our population spend $87 bill...

Africa's biggest reserve under threat from Chinese oil deal: activists

Aug 09, 2019 (AFP)

The government in Niamey announced in June it had decided to "redraw the boundaries" of the Saharan wildlife park, set up in 2012, to respect a production share...

Oil rigs could pump CO2 emissions into rocks beneath North Sea

Aug 09, 2019 (SPX)

Refitting old platforms to act as pumping stations for self-contained CO2 storage sites would be 10 times cheaper than decommissioning the structures, researche...

Natural gas storage research could combat global warming

Aug 08, 2019 (SPX)

Natural gas burns more cleanly as a fuel, making it a useful alternative in vehicles, and applications such as cooking, heating or running generators. It contai...

US warns off Venezuela allies China and Russia

Aug 07, 2019 (AFP)

The admonition Tuesday came a day after President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on all Venezuelan government assets in the United States and barred transactions...