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EU Oil Embargo on Iran Goes into Effect Sunday The world runs on oil, much of it transported on ships from countries in the Middle East, including Iran. But the European Union has all but stopped its imports from Iran, and the flow will stop complete
Syrian Rebels Eye EU Oil Trade In his backyard north of the city of Idlib, Ahmed Abu Taleb and his friend use handpumps to transfer a barrel of crude oil into a tank. A fire burns in a pit dug below the tank. Then drip by drip, through a simple syste
Members of the United Nations Security Council are considering new sanctions for North Korea in reaction to its sixth and most powerful nuclear test. 联合国安理会成员国正在考虑对朝鲜实施新的制裁,作为对该国第六次,同时
While one of the most pressing political and social issues facing the Arab world rarely makes headlines, it is an issue that some political analysts believe could lead to the next great confrontation in the region. Rapidly expanding Arab populations
The price of oil has dropped around 20 percent in recent weeks, but remains more than double what it was just a couple of years ago. The high price has given oil companies the incentive to revisit old fields long ago abandoned as unprofitable. As VO
AS IT IS 2016-01-11 US Crude Oil Exports Restart After 40 Years 美国40年后重启原油出口 The U.S. made its first export of crude oil in four decades last Thursday. 上周四美国进行了40年来的首次原油出口。 The exports were bann
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 19 April 2007 The Arab League has picked Egypt and Jordan to take the lead in approaching Israel to promote the newly revived Arab peace plan aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. VOA correspondent Challiss
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 24 February 2007 Jordan's King Abdullah has called on the new Palestinian national unity government to accept international demands for recognition. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the monarch also war
By Challiss McDonough Riyadh 28 March 2007 Arab leaders are meeting in Saudi Arabia in a bid to revive their 2002 Middle East peace plan. The two-day summit will also address crises in Sudan's Darfur region, Iraq and Lebanon. VOA Correspondent Challi
Europe Debates Iran Oil Sanctions Amid Debt Crisis With sanctions tightening, Irans leader toured South America, including a stop in Cuba Wednesday. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is looking for new friends and new markets. The U.S. has already impose
Arab Summit Marks Milestones for Syria, Iraq, Arab League As Arab leaders were gathering, amateur video continued to come out of Syria showing fresh government shelling of opposition strongholds. Stopping the violence in Syria is a key agenda item fo
US Moving to Undercut Iran Oil Markets As the world's third-largest exporter of crude oil, Iran is a major supplier for China, Japan and India, as well as the European Union. The United States is pushing to dry up that market because it says Iran use
Insurgents opposed to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi continue to hold two strategic towns along the road to eastern Libya, after unsuccessful attempts by pro-Gadhafi forces to retake them. Libyan warplanes launched new air strikes Thursday against the
By David Gollust Washington 19 February 2008 The United States said Tuesday there will be no early end to the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba, despite Fidel Castro's resignation as head of state after 49 years. U.S. officials do not see Raul Castro, th
Fears of a global recession and falling oil prices are driving Gulf stock markets down dramatically, once again, and the generally morose economic climate has Arab investors scrambling for cover, as Edward Yeranian reports for VOA from Beirut. Stock
A European Union embargo on Iranian oil that takes effect Sunday is the latest move in an international effort to force Tehran to halt its disputed nuclear program. The EU and the United States want Iran to end development work that they say is inten
European Union governments have agreed to ban imports of Iranian oil as part of a Western campaign to pressure Iran over its controversial nuclear program. EU diplomats said Wednesday the governments of the 27-nation bloc agreed in principle on an Ir
NEW YORK, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices rose on Friday as supplies tended to be tight on new Iran sanctions and production problems in North Sea. There was news on Thursday saying that the Obama administration expanded sanctions on Iran, in an eff
The Obama administration announced Thursday that it is releasing 30 million barrels of oil from the United States emergency reserve to offset production lost because of the fighting in Libya. The U.S. oil will be about half of a 60 million barrel int
By Scott Stearns White House 07 March 2008 President Bush says he will not end the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba until the government there releases all political prisoners. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. President Bush