14+ hour, 56+ min ago   (223+ words) A nearly 40 percent increase in fuel prices triggered widespread public protests and road blockages in several areas of Syria on Sunday, highlighting anger over further pressure on living costs. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said demonstrations were held in…...

11+ hour, 29+ min ago   (297+ words) Demonstrators blocked roads across Raqqa, Hasakah and Deir ez-Zor as anger over rising fuel costs intensified, with reports that security forces fired live ammunition Protests have intensified across several areas of eastern Syria following an increase in fuel prices, which…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (412+ words) The energy minister says Australia has 41 days’ worth on petrol in strategic reserve. Follow today’s news live Western Australian police have said a man had been shot at a residence on Owen Place in Hamilton Hill, around 4.35am this morning. In…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (684+ words) Perth drivers have begun preparing for more pain at the bowser after global oil exports were threatened by Yemen rebels capturing an island at the entrance to the Red Sea, one of the world’s key shipping lanes. Only six months…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (870+ words) The cost of moving oil around the world is exploding as the Iran war forces tankers onto longer routes and strains the ships still willing to operate near some of the world’s most important energy chokepoints. Earnings for supertankers traveling…...