Fuel

Sri Lanka 'runs out of petrol', PM warns of difficult months ahead

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says the island nation needs to secure $75 million in foreign exchange in the next few days to pay for essential imports.

Bread prices soar in Yemen due to Ukraine conflict

Russia's assault on Ukraine has further exacerbated Yemen's humanitarian crisis, raising bread and fuel prices as well as disrupting cooking oil supplies to the war-stricken country.

Uganda scraps Covid-19 measures to battle fuel crisis

Uganda's government has announced it is suspending mandatory Covid-19 testing at the border with Kenya to battle a fuel crisis that has led to panic-buying and skyrocketing petrol prices.

Explained: What's behind the violent unrest in oil-rich Kazakhstan?

Local protests that have broken out over a hike in fuel prices escalated into a nationwide uprising against the government in Kazakhstan. Here is why:

Organization of Turkic States ready to support protest-hit Kazakhstan

Members of the organisation highlighted confidence in Kazakh authorities to peacefully defuse tensions in the Central Asian nation.

Troops, protesters clash in Kazakhstan as US, UN call for 'restraint'

At least eight security forces have been killed and over 300 injured so far as violent protests resume in Kazakhstan's largest city Almaty.

Moldova announces state of emergency over gas shortages

The ex-Soviet country's parliament has approved a government-requested state of emergency until November 20 as it tries to ease gas shortages amid soaring world energy prices.

‘Why should we trust them?’: Lebanon’s new government met with cynicism

Lebanese citizens have little confidence that change is on the horizon with the newly-elected billionaire prime minister, Nijab Mikati.

UK to issue visas to lorry drivers amid long queues at gas stations

Government will allow up to 5,000 foreign drivers into the country on short-term visas, a measure that logistics companies and retailers have demanded for months but experts estimate a shortfall of around 100,000 heavy goods vehicle drivers.

Hezbollah vows to bring Iranian oil to cash-strapped Lebanon

But the militant group's opponents have warned that the move can invite US sanctions on a country that's already reeling under an economic crisis.

US pipeline suspends operations after ransomware attack

Colonial Pipeline says a cyberattack forced it to temporarily halt all operations on a major pipeline that delivers roughly 45 percent of all fuel consumed on the US East Coast.

Mauritius scrambles to counter oil spill from grounded ship

Fuel spilling from a Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius two weeks ago is creating an ecological disaster, endangering corals, fish and other marine life around the Indian Ocean island, officials and environmentalists say.