IRNA - Director General of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL) company categorically dismissed the news reports on seizure of of Iranian ship in Libya. Mohammad Saeedi went on to say on Sunday, 'There is a dispute with the Libyan government about a ship that we are negotiating to resolve, but that ship has not been seized.' 'The ...

Reuters - Oil ended lower on Wednesday after reports that Irans oil minister said divisions exist within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, leading futures to give up earlier gains on OPEC-led production curbs and export cuts from Libya. Crude pared gains late in the session after reports that Irans Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh ...

Bloomberg - OPEC crude production rose in August to the highest level this year as a recovery in Libyan output helped to offset a cut in Iranian exports due to U.S. sanctions. The groups 15 members, which now include the Republic of Congo, collectively produced 32.74 million barrels a day last month, an increase of 420,000 barrels a day from July,...

Bloomberg - OPECs commitment to cutting production to clear a global glut is working, but the group needs to address rising output from Libya and Nigeria, Irans Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said. Compliance with the output cuts is acceptable, Zanganeh told reporters in Tehran. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries shouldfocus on ...

MNA The director of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation says that cooperation with Iran and Libya is not at odds with UN resolutions. Russia's defense industry cooperation withIran and Libya does not contradict the UN Security Council resolutions, Dmitry Shugaev, the director ofthe Federal Service forMilitary-Technical ...

American Herald Tribune | David Macilwain: Following the Manchester suicide bombing, one wonders just what is necessary before Western media commentators and journalists join the dots to make a true picture of the terrorist monster unleashed on the world by their own governments. It is a question many people were asking only a day earlier, as ...

Press TV- A "hijacked" Libyan Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A320 plane that was on a domestic flight has landed in the Malta Airport. On Friday, Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said in a message posted on his official Twitter account that he had been alerted to a "potential hijack" of the plane. "Informed of potential hijack situation of ...

Oil prices fell nearly one percent on Tuesday on news that Iran and Libya have continued to increase production, overshadowing an OPEC agreement struck last week to freeze output levels in a bid to stem a two-year price rout. Benchmark Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading down 40 cents, or 0.8 percent, at $50.49 a barrel at 0826 GMT. U....

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will consider special conditions for Iran, Libya and Nigeria in the deal curbing oil output of the international cartel's members, Qatari Energy and Industry Minister Mohammed Saleh Abdulla Al Sada said Wednesday. ALGIERS (Sputnik) Earlier inthe day, OPEC decided toestablish a technical ...

It is up to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to decide on allowing special conditions regarding oil output freeze for Iran, Nigeria and Libya, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Tuesday. ALGIERS (Sputnik) "Firstly we are talking aboutthis country [Iran], Nigeria and Libya there could be individual conditions ...

Foreign military intervention in Libya to fight the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group cannot be analyzed without due attention to the ongoing rivalry between Europe and the United States. The Libyan army and government asked the United States to start military operations in the country to defeat Daesh under conditions that two weeks earlier and after France ...

A leading Middle East commentator has told Sputnik Tony Blair's international reputation has been damaged over his decision to go to war against Saddam Hussein, leaving him "almost semi-broken" amid "inconsistencies" in his Middle East relations. Blair emerged shaken, followingthe release ofthe Chilcot Inquiry report intothe reasons forgoing towar ...

The United States is using a military base in a remote Italian island in theMediterraneanto lead its military campaign against Takfiri Daesh (ISIL) militants in north Libya. The US spy planes have been taking off from the island of Pantelleria in southern Italy to carry out surveillance flights over Libyas 2,000-km coast. The US has also deployed ...

Tehran, May 16, IRNA Foreign Minster Mohammad-Javad Zarif is to depart for Vienna, Austria, Monday evening to attend a two-day meeting on Syria and Libya developments. Zarif is accompanied by a number of the managers and deputies of Foreign Ministry. While in Vienna, the Iranian delegation is to hold separate talks with European and American participants ...

EHRAN (Tasnim) The axis of resistance will not allow the enemies of Syria to inflict the same miseries upon the Arab country as they did upon Libya, Head of the Center for Strategic Studies of Irans Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati said. Enemies of the Syrian government and nation want the country to suffer the what Libya went through,...

Four oilfields have been shut down and employees in a fifth oilfield have gone on strike in Libyaover fears that the Daesh terrorist group may attack the facilities. The Libyan state news agency LANA said on Monday that the Bayda, Tibisti, Samah and Waha oilfields in Merada, southeast of the capital, Tripoli, were evacuated on Saturday. The ...

US aircraft have carried out an airstrike on Libya's Sabratha city, killing around 40 people, local officials say. Theysaid the air raid on Friday targetedmilitantsnear the Libyan capital. The New York Times, citing an unidentified Western official, said US warplanes struck Daesh militants in the attack. The airstrike targeted a senior Tunisianoperative ...

At least five massive oil storage tanks have caught fire in two oil terminals in Libya after attacks by Takfiri Daesh terrorists. The attacks originally ignited fires at the key terminals in Sidra and Ras Lanouf, located between the city of Sirte which is controlled by Daesh and the eastern city of Benghazi. Ali al-Hassi, a spokesman for ...

[caption id="attachment_152338" align="alignright" width="187"] A device exploded at the gate of the Iranian ambassador's residence in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Feb.22, 2015.[/caption] (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded at the gate of the Iranian ambassador's residence in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday although nobody was hurt in the blast,...

[caption id="attachment_72721" align="alignright" width="178"] Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi[/caption] TEHRAN (Tasnim) Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, a senior Iranian cleric, on Monday strongly condemned the recent beheading of Christian Egyptians by the ISIL terrorist group in Libya, and asked the West to end support for the savage group. The ...