Europe on Thursday warned Washington to mind its own business after US lawmakers gave initial approval to a bill that would sanction contractors working on a Russian pipeline to the continent.

Iran has awarded contracts worth €48mn to push ahead with a major oil pipeline project.

Media reports suggest Iran and Pakistan have renewed their deal on gas transfer.

The pipeline carries 220,000-230,000 barrels per day of Arab Light crude to Bahrain.

Iran would begin oil exports from the eastern end of the Strait of Hormuz in early 2021, says an official.

The US is pressuring Germany to cancel a multi-billion dollar pipeline project with Russia, says an analyst.

The Yemeni forces fighting back a Saudi-led war must have made a real breakthrough by infiltrating deep into Saudi territory and hitting critical infrastructure there, says an investigative journalist.

Saudi Arabia halts pumping crude oil on a major pipeline in the wake of Yemen's retaliatory drone strikes.

Nearly a dozen people have been killed or injured in a gas pipeline explosion in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan.

The blast has put renewed attention on the government's strategy to stop fuel theft.