Oil giant Saudi Aramco has $42.4B profit in third quarter

Oil giant Saudi Aramco is reporting a $42.4 billion profit in the third quarter of this year, buoyed by higher global energy prices that have filled the kingdom’s coffers but helped fuel inflation worldwide

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Sudanese refinery resumes full operations after 'sabotage'

Sudan’s state news agency says an oil refinery in the capital of Khartoum has resumed operations following a brief halt due to an act of “sabotage."

IMF says Mideast, North Africa economies resilient in 2022

The International Monetary Fund says the economies of Middle Eastern and North African countries were resilient in 2022, but double-digit inflation is expected to slow growth in the region next year

Saudi Arabia says US sought a month delay of OPEC+ decision

Saudi Arabia says that the U.S. had urged the kingdom to postpone a decision by OPEC and its allies — including Russia — to cut oil production which would have been just before the upcoming American midterm elections

Iran's crackdown on protests intensifies in Kurdish region

Iran has intensified its crackdown on Kurdish areas in the country’s west amid protests sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman detained by the morality police

Protests in Iran over woman's death reach key oil industry

Workers at the site of a major complex of refineries crucial for Iran’s massive offshore natural gas field have protested over the death of a 22-year-old woman

Renewed militia clashes rock western Libya; 5 killed

Local officials in Libya say that a new round of infighting between rogue militias in the country's west has killed at least five people, including a 10-year-old girl

Renewed militia clashes rock western Libya; child killed

Local officials in Libya say that a new round of infighting between rouge militias in the country's west has killed a 10-year-old girl

India's main opposition protests rising prices, lack of jobs

Thousands of Indians have rallied under key opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, who made a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government over soaring unemployment and rising food and fuel prices