GUNMEN KILL 5 YEMENI SOLDIERS AT CHECKPOINT
By AHMED AL-HAJ FILE — In this Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013 file photo, Yemeni soldiers man a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. and British embassies in Sanaa,…
Oil and gas industry
RIG FOR RELIEF WELL BEING POSITIONED AT GAS LEAK
A fire is seen on the Hercules 265 drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Natural gas spewed uncontrolled from the…
DIPLOMATS: EU SET TO EASE SYRIA OIL EMBARGO
By JUERGEN BAETZ This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians standing next to…
OFFICIALS SAY 7 DEAD IN VENEZUELA PROTESTS
By ALEXANDRA OLSON and CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER Venezuela’s interim President Nicolas Maduro raises his fist as he holds up the official certificate declaring him winner of the presidential election at the…
VENEZUELA’S CHOICE: CHAVEZ HEIR OR FRESH START
By FRANK BAJAK and ALEXANDRA OLSON Venezuela’s interim President Nicolas Maduro attends a ceremony marking the Day of the National Revolutionary Militia, also called Bolivarian militias, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday,…
PROMISES, PROMISES: OIL IMPORTS
By JONATHAN FAHEY FILE – In this Jan. 26, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama signs an executive order on energy independence and climate change in the East Room of…
CYPRUS TO BUILD GAS PLANT WITH OR WITHOUT ISRAEL
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Cyprus’ Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ioannis Kasoulides, right, and the Foreign minister of Sweden, Carl Bildt, speak to the media in Nicosia, Thursday, March 28, 2013. Bildt…
NORTH KOREA VOWS TO RESTART NUCLEAR FACILITIES
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUG FILE – In this June 27, 2008 file photo from television, the 60-foot-tall cooling tower is seen before its demolition at the main Nyongbyon…