Comments (0) Iran is considering banning all oil exports to the European Union (EU) for five to 15 years, a senior Iranian lawmaker was quoted as saying on Sunday, while its deputy oil minister said prices would surge if the EU stopped importing Iranian crude. View full post on Iraq Updates – Latest News
Let there be light: in contrast to southern Iraq, electricity supplies in Erbil and the surrounding area are almost continuous. View full post on Iraq Updates – Latest News
Sudden emergencies in the Middle East and North Africa that began during the first months of this year have resulted in the death, injury and suffering of tens of thousands of people. View full post on Iraq Updates – Latest News
More than 1,000 students demonstrate against decision to back agreement that would allow US troops to remain after 2014. View full post on AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)
Issued and the Iraqi Ministry of Planning, in cooperation with the United Nations, its first national report since 2003 about the state of the population, pointing out that the population will reach 64 million by the year 2030, which means that there… View full post on Iraq Updates – Latest News
BAGHDAD — Nuri al-Maliki’s announcement that Iraq will honour Kurdish oil deals with foreign firms will boost its coffers, but experts said Sunday the longer term impact of his remarks may well be more significant. View full post on Assyrian International News Agency
Poland and Russia have signed a deal on deliveries of Russian natural gas until 2022. View full post on Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
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GULFPORT, United States – Contrary to recent media reports of a quick recovery in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists and biologists are “deeply concerned” about impacts that will likely span “several decades.”
“My prediction is that we will be dealing with the impacts of this spill for several decades [...] View full post on Dahr Jamail’s Mideast Dispatches » Dahr Jamail – Independent Reporting from Iraq and the Middle East
Russia’s record-breaking temperatures have sparked fires, killed crops, and stirred fears of thousands of heat-related deaths. What will be the cost of this long, hot summer? View full post on Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Abdullah Hasan blames chronic water shortages for ruining his crops and has little faith a new government will be able to revive Iraq’s agriculture sector, shattered by war and starved of investment. View full post on Iraq Updates – Latest News
