The war in Ukraine, heatwaves and export bans on essential staples – threats to food supplies are rising once again.
Iraq passes its largest budget till date aimed at creating public sector jobs and build war-damaged infrastructure.
Saudi Arabia goes it alone in cutting oil production by one million barrels a day starting in July.
The rest of the OPEC+ oil producers agreed to extend earlier cuts in supply through the end of 2024.
In a surprise move, OPEC+ slashes oil production by 1.6 million barrels a day starting in May.
OPEC president talks to Al Jazeera about output cuts, price volatility, and the war in Ukraine and its effect on prices.
Refiners in India, the world’s third-biggest oil consumer and importer, have been gorging on discounted Russian oil.
Cartel wants to gauge impact of two measures aimed at hitting Russia’s oil revenues: price cap and EU boycott.
Turkey’s foreign minister slams US for ‘bullying’ Saudi Arabia after OPEC+ announced oil production cuts.
Analysts say shared interests will sustain ties despite Washington’s promise of ‘consequences’ over oil production cuts.
OPEC+ group has agreed to its deepest cuts to oil production since the coronavirus pandemic, and the US is not happy.
The US criticised the kingdom for insisting last week’s output cut was economically rather than politically motivated.
Essential Middle East dissects the motivations behind the latest oil production cut.
The world economy has entered into a time of ‘heightened uncertainty and rising challenges’, OPEC said.