A fire that broke out on a fully loaded supertanker off the east coast of Sri Lanka has been brought under control, spokesmen for the navy of the Indian Ocean nation said on Thursday, adding that one of its 23 crew was missing and another injured. The New Diamond, a very large crude carrier...

Oil prices extended losses on Thursday, falling by more than 2% to their lowest point since early August, as worries about weaker U.S. gasoline demand and a sluggish economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic dented sentiment. Brent crude LCOc1 fell $1, or 2.25%, to $43.43 a barrel by...

India Thursday witnessed another single day spike of 83,883 in new COVID-19 cases, sparking fear that the South Asian nation may soon become the worst-hit country in the world. According to an update issued by the country’s Health Ministry, the nation has now a total of 3.85 million...

Presumed Israeli air strikes on eastern Syria killed 16 Iran-backed fighters Thursday, a war monitor said, hours after Damascus said it intercepted Israeli missiles fired at a central air base. Those killed were "Iraqi paramilitary fighters loyal to Iran, seven of whom were killed outside...