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Ceasefires repeatedly fail because wartime revenue networks reward continued fighting and widen regional instability

Sri Lanka is going to host the Asia Cup 2022 in August this year. But the whole country is facing an economic crisis along with an acute shortage of fuel since...

Dec 3, 2025 - The reality TV contestant squatting as head of the Dept. of Transportation announced a proposal that'll hike US fuel costs by $23 billion.

Dec 1, 2025 - “It’s in the back of your mind all the time that you’re living in dangerous times in a dangerous place.”

To limit the consequences of the global climate crisis, the global community needs to reduce its carbon emissions dramatically, However, public support for...

Schools have shut in Sri Lanka and public officials told to stay home as the country runs short of fuel, leaving thousands queued for petrol.

The protracted budget crisis facing the overwhelming majority of the 50 US states is contributing to a deepening social crisis that affects not only the...

I joined the company where I work about three months ago, and one of my top-priority jobs has been fuel usage. We had to look at our idling time because all...

Fuel shortages in Yemen are threatening thousands of lives. Drivers are queuing for two to three days to fill up, and the knock-on effects are being fel...

Bulgaria has offered to provide fuel oil to the Republic of North Macedonia after confirming that it holds sufficient reserves to meet domestic needs,...

A new sculpture, displayed in central London, is part of a campaign by Skipton Building Society, Age UK and National Energy Action to highlight the growing...

Dec 19, 2025 - During the covid pandemic, gun marketers told many Americans they needed firearms to defend against criminals and protesters. Then firearm deaths mounted...

Cuba has warned drivers of state-owned cars to pick up people at bus stops or face prosecution, as Havana faces painful shortages of diesel fuel, authorities...

Press release from the BMA.

PR taking diesel from private firm; sources say fuel crisis chronic due to meagre revenue

I would like to comment on a letter in the June 2 edition suggesting that the only way to bring fuel prices down is for truckers to stage protests.

In the cities, security forces continued to control movement into frequented public areas such as markets and places of worship

Apr 25, 2025 - While China enforces strict laws against domestic drug trafficking, state-supported companies have openly shipped fentanyl to the U.S., investigators say. One...

Hamas says fuel from Qatar has arrived in the Gaza Strip, helping to ease a power shortage that sparked rare demonstrations and a crackdown by the Islamic...

Gasoline prices are approaching a record high, and heating oil already has surpassed the previous record.

The delivery could help ease months of protests and clashes along the border between Israel and Hamas-run Gaza

Lebanon to pay for 1 million tonnes of fuel a year in goods and services, helping ease its power shortage.

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