Dangote refinery to import US crude

The 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery is set to import crude from the United States (US) in the coming months, a report has said. Trafigura Group sold 2 million barrels of WTI Midland to the Dangote refinery for end-February delivery, Bloomberg reported Monday, quoting traders with knowledge of the matter. This is the first … Read more

Iran targets ‘spy headquarters’ in Iraq; explosions reported near US Consulate

Photo by Sergi Viladesau on Unsplash Baghdad: Several explosions were reported near the US Consulate in Iraq’s Erbil, ABC News reported citing an Iraqi security source. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGS) has taken responsibility for the attacks, ABC News reported. The IRGS said it was targeting the “headquarters of spies” and “anti-Iranian terrorist gatherings … Read more

US & UK carry out airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen

Washington: The US and UK militaries launched strikes against several used by the Houthi rebels in Yemen, a US official and a UK official told the media. The strikes were from fighter jets and Tomahawk missiles. More than a dozen Houthi targets were hit by missiles fired from air, surface, and sub-platforms and were chosen … Read more

Remarkable finish for US oil & gas sector with strong production figures for 2023

Washington: The US has produced more oil and natural gas than ever before even as government planners were trying a tectonic shift to other alternative greener sources of energy to adhere to the climate change protocol’s deadlines. As shale wells showed a major uptick in per-well recoveries, the US is now producing more oil per … Read more

Apple’s Smart Watch Series 9 & Ultra 2 to go off shelves unless Biden intervenes

New York: Apple’s latest series of smart watches in Series 9 and Series Ultra 2 watches may have to go off the shelves of retailers and Apple stores unless US President Joe Biden intervenes to overturn the US International Trade Commission ruling that bans their sale. December 25 — Christmas Day, was also the last … Read more

US panel on religious freedom calls for sanctions on India

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Washington: A US government agency on religious freedom has called for sanctions against India for its alleged involvement in the killing of a Khalistani activist in Canada and in a plot to … Read more