BEIJING — China says it is “seriously concerned about the safety and security” of nuclear facilities in Ukraine following a blaze at Europe’s biggest nuclear plant ignited by Russian artillery fire. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told reporters Friday that China will...

Europe's largest nuclear power plant was hit by Russian shelling early Friday, sparking a fire at one of its six reactors and raising fears of a disaster that could affect all of central Europe for decades, like the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown. Concerns faded after Ukrainian authorities...

ENERHODAR, Ukraine — Russian troops are shelling Europe's largest nuclear power station in Ukraine. “We demand that they stop the heavy weapons fire,” Andriy Tuz, spokesperson for the plant in Enerhodar, said in a video posted on Telegram. “There is a real threat of nuclear danger in...

Calls to increase oil production to curb the rise in oil prices as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine have fallen on deaf ears among the leaders of the Gulf states, who are seeking to resist Western pressure.   The Gulf region wants to achieve large profits from the high prices...