Fiona MacDonald

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  • TEHRAN, IRAN – JANUARY 09: (—-EDITORIAL USE ONLY – MANDATORY CREDIT – ‘IRANIAN LEADER PRESS OFFICE / HANDOUT’ – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—-) Iranâs Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks at a meeting with residents of Qom on the anniversary of the uprising against the ousted Shah regime that began in this city in January 1977, addressed the events that escalated last night due to economic problems in the country on January 09, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Iranian Leader Press Office / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)Middle East

    Iran edges closer to a revolution that would reshape the world

    By Paul Wallace, Golnar Motevalli, and others
  • The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pavilion in the exhibition hall at the African Energy Week (AEW) conference in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. Texas Senator Ted Cruz pledged deeper American investment in Africa’s energy industry, casting the US as a strategic alternative to China. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEnergy

    OPEC+ sticks with plan to keep oil flow steady amid turmoil

    By Grant Smith, Ben Bartenstein, and others
  • The blue logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is displayed on the facade of its headquarters building in Vienna, Austria, on June 9, 2025. The building is located in the city center and serves as the administrative center for the international oil organization. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Economy

    OPEC+ agrees in principle to another bumper supply increase

    By Grant Smith, Salma El Wardany, and others
  • An oil tanker unloads imported crude oil at the crude oil terminal of Qingdao Port in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China, on May 21, 2025. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Economy

    OPEC+ agrees on third oil supply surge despite Russia’s qualms

    By Fiona MacDonald, Salma El Wardany, and others
  • Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin SalmanPolitics

    Trump and MBS tout $1 trillion pledge as details remain elusive

    By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Hadriana Lowenkron, and others
  • TOPSHOT – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gestures during an exclusive interview with AFP in the capital Damascus on February 11, 2016. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Syria’s Assad is under siege and is making overtures to US

    By Sam Dagher, Henry Meyer, and others
  • Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud arrives for the 186th Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Vienna on June 3, 2023. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR / AFP) (Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Higher gas prices could soon hit U.S. drivers as Saudi Arabia doubles down on oil production cuts

    By Grant Smith, Fiona MacDonald, and others
  • Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Abdulaziz bin Salman.Retail

    OPEC tries to keep oil prices high and cuts output by 2 million barrels in a move that Biden calls ‘unnecessary’

    By Salma El Wardany, Grant Smith, and others