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OPEC+ Reaffirms Output Pause Through Q1 2026 After Key Members Meet

Producers cited low inventories as evidence the market remains balanced.

Saudi Arabia Sets New Execution Record in 2025 With 356 Deaths

Somaliland Rejects Claims of Israeli Bases or Palestinian Resettlement After Recognition

Iran Labels Royal Canadian Navy a Terrorist Organization in Retaliatory Move

UN Security Council Rebukes Israel Over Somaliland Recognition as Somalia Erupts in Protests

Oil Holds Gains as Geopolitical Risks Counter a Surprise U.S. Inventory Build

Iran Puts Three Homegrown Satellites Into Orbit on Russian Soyuz

Iran’s President Says Nation Is in ‘Total War’ With U.S., Israel and Europe

Israel Becomes First Country to Recognize Somaliland, Plans Embassies

Israel Strikes Hezbollah Depots and Training Site After Deadly Drone Hit in Eastern Lebanon

IRGC Seizes Tanker Alleged to Carry 4 Million Litres of Smuggled Fuel, Detains 16 Foreign Crew

14 Nations Censure Israel’s Move to Authorize 19 West Bank Settlements

Israel Says Joint IDF–Shin Bet Strike Killed IRGC Unit 840 Operative in Lebanon

Israel Commits 350 Billion Shekels to Build Independent Arms Industry

Israel, Greece and Cyprus Seal Security Push, Advance IMEC at 10th Summit

Pakistan Finalizes $4–4.6 Billion Arms Deal With Libya’s LNA, Including JF-17 Jets

Germany Carries Out First Deportation to Syria Since 2011

Maersk Tests Red Sea Transit as Lines Map Cautious Return to Suez

U.S. Sanctions 29 ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tankers Linked to Iranian Oil Exports

Saudi-Backed Forces Mass on Yemen Border as STC Defies Pullback and U.N. Warns of Escalation