Fuel

The effort by shipping companies to reroute traffic from the Red Sea around the Cape of Good Hope, thus avoiding drone and missile attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen, is running into major logistical hurdles because African ports are not ready to accommodate the surge of massive container ships and tankers.

On Thursday’s edition of NBC’s “Top Story,” NBC News Investigations Unit Senior Producer Anna Schecter discussed her report that Hamas is hoarding at least 200,000 gallons of fuel and stated that Hamas has continuously demanded fuel and argued that Israel should

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released an audio recording Wednesday of a phone call it says was between the manager of a hospital, the commander of a Hamas battallion, and a citizen in Gaza in which the Hamas terrorist admits taking fuel from the hospital.

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Israeli Government Spokesman Eylon Levy reacted to calls for humanitarian pauses by Israel by pointing out that, according to reporting by The New York Times, Hamas has ample supplies of fuel and

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday declared a “state of emergency on food security” due to swiftly rising prices. Nigeria is the largest economy on the African continent, although it’s per capita income is about half of the number two economy, Egypt.

Left-wing members of the French opposition have written to President Emmanuel Macron asking him to “give up” on his “disastrous” reform of the country’s pension system.

Haitian gang leader Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier announced on Sunday that his thugs have magnanimously decided to allow fuel shipments to resume from the Varreux terminal, which they have been blockading with barricades and trenches since September, creating nationwide fuel shortages and making Haiti’s humanitarian crisis even worse.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari claimed his country was ready to fill a natural gas supply gap in Europe.

Argentine truck drivers’ unions called for a nationwide strike on Wednesday, causing miles-long road closures and other transportation disruptions that threatened to jeopardize the country’s food supply during its peak harvest season, Reuters reported.

Two men died in Sri Lanka this week while waiting in hours-long lines for fuel amid the country’s ongoing financial crisis, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported Thursday.

The state-run Coal India will soon import coal for use in public utilities to offset the effects of a nationwide power shortage in April, Reuters reported on Saturday citing a letter by India’s federal power ministry issued that same day. “Coal

Petrol stations in Hungary were sites of chaos this week as foreign vehicle owners rushed to buy fuel before the country raises prices for foreigners, with some even being turned away. Hungarian petrol prices are much cheaper than in many

Gas stations throughout Washington are reprogramming their gas pumps to allow for double-digit numbers prices as some in the area are running out of gas, according to a recent report. 

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announced on Monday that his nation had “run out” of petroleum-based fuel during a national address in which he predicted that the next two months will be “the most difficult ones of our lives,” Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

A Sri Lankan petroleum industry leader told reporters Thursday there is a limited amount of fuel to distribute among Sri Lankans and this supply is expected to last no more than two to three days, Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror reported.

Dairy farmers the latest in Euro agri-sector to report impending crisis as soaring costs of energy and animal feed slash margins and profits.

The Peruvian government imposed a 22-hour-long curfew on Lima, Peru’s national capital, on Tuesday in an effort to quell violent protests against surging fuel and fertilizers costs in Peru directly tied to Russia’s latest war with Ukraine, Peru’s Gestión newspaper reported.

Diesel prices in Germany have hit record levels, as the energy crisis currently plaguing Europe continues.

Some of Britain’s favourite biscuit brands, such as Jaffa Cakes, are set to jump in price by up to 5 per cent as inflation soars in the UK.

The surge in fuel prices across the U.S. over the past year has hit poorer Americans the most, a report published Thursday details.

The US isn’t the only nation looking at a pricy Thanksgiving, with UK bread prices set to soar by up to 20% in the coming weeks.

Gas prices across the United States are at their highest level since late 2014 with shortages predicted in the run up to the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

During an appearance in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday, Kerry said pipelines are better than the alternates. This is after President Joe Biden canceled the permits for the  Keystone XL pipeline earlier this year.

Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm admitted during a press briefing on the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack Tuesday the best way to transport fuel across parts of the country is pipelines, despite the fact that the Biden administration has revoked pipeline permits, including Keystone XL.

The cyberattack on the largest pipeline in the United States resulted in the federal government issuing a state of emergency for 17 states and the District of Columbia. 

The criminal hacking group that reportedly goes by the name DarkSide and attacked the largest gasoline pipeline in the United States has now put out an apology of sorts.

Hackers stole data during the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack Thursday ahead of the pipeline operator shutting down from the apparent attack.

A major fueling pipeline was taken offline late Friday by its operator due to an apparent cyberattack.

A Georgia-based company that operates the most extensive fuel pipeline system in the U.S. has shut down its activities due to a cyberattack.

People in Venezuela have faced widespread gasoline shortages since Monday despite boasting some of the world’s largest oil reserves because the socialist regime failed to distribute supplies to fuel stations on time.

Venezuelan soldiers loyal to the country’s socialist dictatorship oversaw the rationing of fuel at service stations across Venezuela on Sunday, forcing angry drivers to wait for hours for gasoline in the oil-rich country.

Protests against the economic crisis in Zimbabwe, which erupted Monday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa more than doubled fuel prices, reportedly prompted the government to restrict the internet over the alleged use of the social media to incite the demonstrations and sparked rampant looting in the impoverished African nation.

Contents: Haiti people riot after announcement of fuel price rises during World Cup match; International Monetary Fund blamed for austerity triggering riots

The U.S. Inspector General for Afghanistan Recon (SIGAR), a congressionally-mandated watchdog agency, documented claims in a report released this month that the American military in Afghanistan is purchasing fuel for the Afghan security forces from Iran in violation of United States sanctions.