Tear gas fired at India workers demanding higher wages as living costs rise

Tear gas fired at India workers demanding higher wages as living costs rise

Factory workers protest in the national capital’s suburb of Noida as living costs across the world rise after the US-Israel war on Iran curbs fuel supplies. Published On 13 Apr 202613 Apr 2026 Police have lobbed tear gas shells to quell ⁠a factory workers’ protest in the Indian capital’s suburb of Noida after it turned … Read more

Iran war escalates, energy prices spike after Israeli strike on South Pars gas field

Iran war escalates, energy prices spike after Israeli strike on South Pars gas field

The leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan voiced their “readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through” the Strait of Hormuz in a joint statement issued Thursday. The nations provided no details about what they were prepared to offer, after repeated demands from President Trump that … Read more

Iran war keeps oil and gas prices up, with Strait of Hormuz paralyzed despite Trump’s demands

Iran war keeps oil and gas prices up, with Strait of Hormuz paralyzed despite Trump’s demands

The European Union is seeking more strategic clarity about the U.S. and Israel’s plans for Iran and when the conflict might end as the bloc weighs whether to send ships to help shore up security in the Persian Gulf. Without confirming any specific international commitments, President Trump said in a social media post on Saturday … Read more

Bride and groom among 8 killed in gas cylinder blast at wedding in Pakistan’s capital

Bride and groom among 8 killed in gas cylinder blast at wedding in Pakistan’s capital

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A gas cylinder explosion early Sunday after a wedding reception at a home in Pakistan’s capital killed at least eight people, including the bride and groom, police and officials said. The blast occurred as guests who had gathered to celebrate the couple were sleeping at the house, causing part of the house … Read more

Bride and groom killed by gas explosion day after Pakistan wedding

Bride and groom killed by gas explosion day after Pakistan wedding

A newly married couple were killed when a gas cylinder exploded at a house in Islamabad where they were sleeping after their wedding party, police have said. A further six people – including wedding guests and family members – who were staying there also died in the blast. More than a dozen people were injured. … Read more

Venezuela’s OPEC plea unlikely to “obtain much” for support | Oil and Gas

Venezuela’s OPEC plea unlikely to “obtain much” for support | Oil and Gas

“I doubt that you can have a great deal of support in Venezuela from Saudi Arabia.” Paolo von Schirach, president of the Global Policy Institute, explains why the letter Venezuela wrote, asking for support from other oil-producing countries, is unlikely to change anything. In the letter, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro wrote that he feels threatened … Read more

Police fire tear gas as violence erupts in Madagascar protests | Protests News

Police fire tear gas as violence erupts in Madagascar protests | Protests News

Published On 10 Oct 202510 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Thousands of antigovernment protesters have marched through Madagascar’s capital, with several sustaining injuries when police forcefully dispersed the latest demonstration in a two-week youth-led movement. Violent clashes erupted on Thursday after Gen Z activists called for a general strike, … Read more

Methane gas inside northern Iraq cave kills 12 Turkish soldiers

Methane gas inside northern Iraq cave kills 12 Turkish soldiers

Soldiers died from gas exposure during a mission to recover a Turkish soldier missing in the cave since 2022. Twelve Turkish soldiers have died after inhaling methane gas during a mission in northern Iraq, the Turkish Ministry of National Defence says. “Four other of our heroic comrades in arms, affected by methane gas, have died … Read more

Slovakia threatens to cut benefit for Ukrainian refugees in gas dispute

Slovakia threatens to cut benefit for Ukrainian refugees in gas dispute

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has threatened to cut financial support for more than 130,000 Ukrainian refugees as a dispute with Ukraine over Russian gas supplies escalates. On 1 January, Kyiv shut off a pipeline that for decades was used to supply Central Europe with Russian natural gas. Slovakia had been the main entry point … Read more

US state of Alabama carries out third execution by nitrogen gas

US state of Alabama carries out third execution by nitrogen gas

Carey Grayson was executed using controversial method after being convicted of the 1994 murder of a hitchhiker. A man convicted of murdering a hitchhiker 30 years ago has become the third person in the United States to be executed by nitrogen gas. Carey Grayson, 50, was executed in Alabama on Thursday after the US Supreme … Read more

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