U.S. crude exports to China plunged by almost half this year as shifts in the nation’s economy weighed on demand and it bought more barrels from other countries including Russia and Iran. Exports of U.S. oil to China plunged to 81.9 million barrels over the course of the year, down 46% from 150.6 million barrels…
WASHINGTON – From the White House, President Joe Biden on Sunday called the collapse of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime “a moment of historic opportunity” for the country’s long-suffering people. What he didn’t say: It’s also potentially good news for the United States. Assad’s fall not only ends his family’s bloody, half-century reign, it…
Bashar Assad never intended to go into politics. He became one of the world’s most brutal dictators whose thuggish rule ended abruptly when rebels stormed into Damascus Saturday night, causing his army − and him − to flee. Instead, Assad, the second son of former Syrian ruler Hafez Assad, planned to be an ophthalmologist. He…
A cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah brokered by the U.S. and France took effect in Lebanon early Wednesday, raising hopes of ending more than a year of cross-border strikes and a full-scale war that has killed thousands. The cease-fire began at 4 a.m. local time (9 p.m. ET) after it was approved by Israel’s security…
Nov 2 (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the United States and Israel will “undoubtedly receive a crushing response” for what they do against his country, state media reported. “Enemies, including America and the Zionist regime, should know that they will undoubtedly receive a crushing response for what they do against Iran and the…
Tensions in the Middle East showed no signs of easing Monday as a high-ranking Iranian military official pledged that Israel will face “bitter and unimaginable consequences” for its weekend attack on military targets that killed at least four Iranian soldiers. Major General Hossein Salami, commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, said the attack showed…
Israel’s military responded to an Iranian missile attack by conducting “precise strikes on military targets” in Iran on Friday, a move that appeared to push the Middle East to a new, more dangerous and multi-front phase of conflict a year after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. “The regime in Iran and its proxies in…
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TAMPA, Fla. − Hurricane Milton howled across the Florida Panhandle on Thursday, tearing a path of destruction from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic as it flooded neighborhoods, destroyed homes, tore the roof off a major sports venue and toppled a massive crane into an office building. In downtown Tampa early Thursday, fierce winds…
It was a relatively flat week for the major stock indices as traders opted for caution following the rallies of recent weeks and amid intensifying conflict in the Middle East. A basket of U.S. oil and gas stocks recorded their strongest weekly performance in two years as oil prices and energy stocks surged, driven by…