ALEXANDRIA: Eight people were killed and 27 wounded after ballistic missiles and explosive-rigged drones launched by Iran-backed Houthis struck several locations across Marib, officials told Arab News. Thunderous explosions rocked the city in central Yemen late on Thursday. Abdul Aziz Al-Shadadi, director of Marib’s office of the Ministry of Health, said that ambulances were
The government will auction unmonetised large oil and gas fields of state-owned ONGC and OIL to boost the country's hydrocarbon production, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday.
AMMAN: Jordan’s King Abdullah II has appointed former prime minister Samir Rifai to lead a powerful new committee tasked with overhauling the kingdom’s political system. The 92-member body was announced on Thursday and will draft “modern” election and political party laws and suggest improvements to Jordan’s decision-making system. In his letter to Rifai, the king directed the
Keystone XL, The Controversial $9 Billion Oil Pipeline, Is Officially Cancelled
by : Cameron Frew on : 10 Jun 2021 13:21
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The $9 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline has been officially cancelled, prompting cheers from environmental activists after lengthy legal battles.
While Donald Trump signed an executive order to allow the construction of the pipeline, after Obama had blocked it, US president Joe Biden took action on the controversial pipeline immediately, revoking its permit and sparking an outcry from states across the country, accusing him of acting ‘with complete disregard for the constitutional limits on his power.’
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The 1,179-mile pipeline, which would have seen the movement of 830,000 barrels of crude oil from Alberta province in Canada to Illinois, Oklahoma and Texas, was first proposed in 2008. However, after Biden revoked the permit, owner TC Energy has since confirmed the termination of the project.
LONDON: A British charity’s school in a Syrian camp for internally displaced people (IDP) was destroyed by artillery shelling on Wednesday. The Al-Abrar camp school, which was run by Syria Relief, the UK’s largest Syria-focused charity, consisted of three classroom tents. It was razed after the camp came under heavy bombardment an hour before students and teachers were due to