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No oil shortage despite Iran sanctions: IEA

REUTERS CANBERRA/SYDNEY WORLD oil markets are well supplied despite the loss of nearly 1 million barrels a day of crude from Iran following sanctions by the United States and European Union, the hea…

Iran’s coal trade booms despite Western heat

REUTERS LONDON USING shadowy middle men, multiple bank accounts and a fleet of ghost ships, Iran’s coal trade is quietly booming as the Islamic Republic tries to sidestep Western sanctions and preve…

Conflicts remain in Syria, despite the UN-backed truce

AP BEIRUT SYRIAN warplanes and artillery hit the rebel suburbs East of Damascus, while rebel regime positions elsewhere near the capital on Sunday attacked, violence that marred the third day of wha…

Syrian jets bomb rebel bases despite UN ceasefire call

AFP DAMASCUS WARPLANES unleashed a wave of raids in Syria’s north on Tuesday, aiming to dislodge rebels whose seizure of a key highway has prevented reinforcements from reaching the main battlegroun…
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