Washington has been pressuring Riyadh to scrap its voluntary crude output cuts to lower prices for months Major oil producer Saudi Arabia is willing to increase production early next year in exchange for a defense pact with the US, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing Saudi and US sources.
Civilian and military officials in Ukraine declined to either confirm or deny on Friday that their military helicopters conducted a successful cross-border raid and attacked an oil depot on the outskirts of the Russian city of Belgorod.
Antonio Guterres has warned that the risk of a catastrophic conflict is at the highest level since the USSR collapsed Technological advances and escalating geopolitical tensions are imperiling the global population with the highest risk of a nuclear conflict since the Soviet Union broke up in 1991, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned.