Dubai (AFP) Sept 19, 2019 - The United Arab Emirates followed Saudi Arabia Thursday in joining a US-led force to protect Gulf shipping as tensions with Iran soared following twin attacks on key Saudi oil facilities.
Nairobi (AFP) Sept 5, 2023 - The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday $4.5 billion in clean energy investments in Africa during a landmark climate summit hosted by Kenya that is aimed at attracting funding for efforts to combat global warming.
Caracas (AFP) Sept 25, 2019 - Two Venezuelan soldiers were given six years in prison Tuesday over the death in custody of a navy officer accused of plotting to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro, said his lawyer.
Stavanger, Norway (AFP) Sept 10, 2021 - In Stavanger's harbour, the Petroleum Museum chronicles Norway's road to riches. Now, faced with the climate crisis, a growing chorus wants fossil fuels to be relegated to history for good.
Ashgabat (AFP) Sept 17, 2009 - A 7,000 kilometer (4,350 mile) natural gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to China will start operations in December, Turkmenistan's head of state announced Wednesay.
Istanbul (AFP) Sept 13, 2020 - A Turkish research ship at the centre of a row with Greece over gas exploration has left disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean and returned to the coast in a move hailed as a positive first step by the Greek prime minister.
Athens (AFP) Sept 4, 2020 - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday said Turkey should drop threats against his country if talks on reducing tension in the eastern Mediterranean are to begin.
Istanbul (AFP) Sept 5, 2020 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday issued a threat to Greece over simmering tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, the day before his forces launch military drills in the region.
Istanbul (AFP) Sept 6, 2020 - Turkey's armed forces on Sunday began annual exercises in the breakaway republic of northern Cyprus - an entity recognised only by Ankara - as tensions brewed with Greece in the eastern Mediterranean.
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 5, 2018 - US President Donald Trump's top two envoys were expected Thursday to press India not to buy Russian military equipment or Iranian oil, while seeking to bolster ties as China grows more assertive in the region.
Jupiter, United States (AFP) Sept 8, 2020 - President Donald Trump, normally an enthusiastic proponent of the oil industry, on Tuesday announced he was extending a 10-year moratorium on drilling off the coast of Florida, a gesture aimed at bolstering his support in the battleground state ahead of November's election.
Washington (AFP) Sept 5, 2012 - Pipeline operator TransCanada on Wednesday offered to re-route its planned Keystone XL pipe to avoid environmentally sensitive areas as it carries oil from Canada's tar sands to US refineries.
Geneva (AFP) Sept 15, 2016 - European oil companies, especially Swiss commodity traders, are exploiting weak African fuel standards by selling toxic diesel and gasoline across the continent, a campaign group said Thursday.
Paris (AFP) Sept 26, 2012 - Oil companies should not drill for oil in Arctic waters, the head of French oil group Total, Christophe de Margerie, told the Financial Times in an interview published on its website on Wednesday.
Paris (AFP) Sept 27, 2023 - French oil and gas major TotalEnergies said Wednesday that it would boost fossil fuel production over the next five years, a reversal after years of reducing output.
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 2, 2012 - A team of Japanese surveyors Sunday sailed to a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea that the nationalistic governor of Tokyo wants to buy, with Beijing lodging a serious protest at the action.
