Saudi energy minister assures Canada that kingdom's diplomatic dispute with Ottawa won't affect oil sales

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has struck a hard line in a televised interview as the U.S. re-imposes some sanctions that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal

Iran has acquired five new airplanes a day before the U.S. begins restoring sanctions suspended under the 2015 nuclear deal

Saudi Arabia says it will resume oil shipments through the Bab al-Mandeb strait after they were temporarily halted following attacks by Yemen's Shiite rebels

Fears mount in Iran as currency plunges to record low a week before the restoration of US sanctions

Oil prices rise to 10-day high after Saudi Aramco temporarily halts crude shipments through key strait after Yemen rebel attack

Saudi state-run TV reports that Yemen's Shiite rebels have attacked a Saudi ship off the country's western coast

Egypt has inaugurated several power generation projects, including three power plants built by the German conglomerate Siemens

Egypt has raised natural gas prices for households and businesses by between 33.3 and 75 percent

Iran's top leader has endorsed a warning made earlier by the country's president over Mideast oil supplies