U.S. commercial crude oil inventories, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), increased by 5.8 million barrels from the week ending March 29 to the week ending April 5, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest weekly petroleum status report. The country’s crude oil stocks stood at 457.3 million barrels on April …
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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock that Tehran will be responding to Israel’s strike on its embassy in Damascus in a limited manner, Axios reported on Thursday citing a source. According to the source, the Iranian official told Baerbock that a “legitimate self-defense with the aim of punishing the aggressor is a …
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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday held a phone call with the United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and warned that his country will respond appropriately to a potential direct Iranian attack. “Gallant told Secretary Austin that he is committed to the security of the citizens of Israel, and therefore a direct Iranian attack …
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Iran was planning to conduct a strike against Israel but postponed such action “at the last minute,” Israeli news website Ynet reported on Thursday. According to the report, Tehran decided to either delay the strike or change the nature of its response to Israel’s attack on its consulate in Damascus, likely due to warnings from …
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President Joe Biden said he delivered a “blunt and straightforward” message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on improving civilian conditions in Gaza. “We’ll see what he does in terms of meeting the commitments he made to me,” Biden said Wednesday during a White House news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Biden also …
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Three sons and three grandchildren of Ismail Haniyeh, a senior Hamas leader and former Palestinian Authority prime minister, were killed in an airstrike, Haniyeh confirmed in an interview with Al Jazeera on Wednesday. According to Haniyeh, the victims were visiting relatives on the occasion of Eid in the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza when …
Israel’s Western allies have been told Israeli government and military facilities may be targeted but civilian facilities are not expected to be, they said. US officials are helping Israel on planning and sharing intelligence assessments, the people said. Israel has told allies it is waiting for this attack to take place before launching another ground …
Three sons and three grandchildren of Ismail Haniyeh, a senior Hamas leader and former Palestinian Authority prime minister, were killed in an airstrike, Haniyeh confirmed in an interview with Al Jazeera on Wednesday. According to Haniyeh, the victims were visiting relatives on the occasion of Eid in the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza when …
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Crude oil stockpiles in the United States jumped by 5.8 million barrels to stand at 457.3 million barrels in the week ending April 5, the US Energy Information Administration shared in its report on Wednesday. The crude oil refinery inputs in the country averaged 15.8 million barrels per day, decreasing 115,000 barrels per day from …
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Hamas has dismissed a temporary ceasefire proposal made by the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Meanwhile, a senior Israeli official said that Israel is open to the proposal but that “the plan is seen as favoring Hamas.” The proposal envisions a six-week pause during which Hamas would release 40 Israeli hostages, …