Washington Must Choose Between Primacy and Prioritizing The Biden administration took office intending to inject strategic focus into U.S. foreign policy. The president and his team promised to end the United States’ forever wars and make the country’s international engagements serve the needs of a disaffected public. In its first …

Oil major Shell (SHEL.L), has withdrawn from talks on building a petrochemicals plant in the southern oil hub of Basra, Iraq’s oil ministry said on Tuesday. Shell in a separate statement confirmed, it was leaving the project.A statement from Iraq’s oil ministry said Shell would not continue discussions with the …

Two explosions along Iran’s main south-north gas pipeline network on Wednesday were caused by sabotage, the Iranian oil minister told state TV, without naming any suspects. Authorities also denied reports that the incident caused gas cuts to industries and offices in some provinces, state media reported. “This terrorist act of …