In the process, the U.S. and its key allies proved to China and Russia that they can prevail while working on two conflicts at the same time -- the Russia-Ukraine ... s huge Kirkuk oil fields ...

As an activist investor takes a substantial holding in BP, Andrew Mackie assesses what it will take to energise the share ...

After the US actions in Ukraine in 2014 and Russia’s 2022 invasion ... Currently trying to lay claim to Kirkuk and Missan fields in Iraq. Sent staff to meet with Cheney before the war to plan how to ...

News keeps coming with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seeming to offer Russia concessions on Ukraine before peace talks have ...

President Trump says he wants to make a deal for minerals from Ukraine in exchange for aid. That followed a long effort by Ukrainian officials to appeal to Mr. Trump’s transactional nature.

Asked whether Ukraine would be part of the negotiations, the president said on Thursday, “Of course they would.” A day earlier, he had suggested otherwise, and appeared ready to make ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kirkuk Governor Rebwar Taha announced on Wednesday that BP’s agreement with the Iraqi government to operate in the province will boost the local economy and generate ...

The Federal Court of Iraq has rejected complaints from Arabs and Turkmen regarding the alleged illegal formation of Kirkuk’s local government. This has led to tensions within the Turkmen Front ...

Ukraine is still on an "irreversible path" to joining NATO, Sir Keir Starmer has told Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The UK and Ukrainian leaders spoke on the phone early on Friday, according to Downing ...

KYIV — President Donald Trump’s phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin has deeply rattled Kyiv and its European partners, intensifying long-held fears that Ukraine could be excluded ...

Control over oil and gas has long been a source of tension between Baghdad and the Kurds, with Kirkuk - a region rich in hydrocarbons - at the centre of the dispute. The Kurds lost control of the ...

While the closure of the Turkish pipeline has prompted an uptick in Kurdish oil smuggling via Iran, a larger network that ...