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The US has launched a fresh series of strikes on targets in Iran - and Tehran launched a wave of attacks in retaliation.

Donald Trump has posted an AI video of Iran’s “Forbidden Island” after reigniting his war by launching strikes for the first time in a month.

President Donald Trump has claimed Iran’s Kharg Island energy hub was "blown to smithereens", despite no evidence of an attack - as both sides trade strikes in Middle East.

The company Alkagesta is involved in exporting Russian oil to Ukraine via Romania.

Donald Trump has declared that the US has struck the "biggest oil deal in world history" with Venezuela as he vowed the agreement would slash fuel prices for Americans.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that all mines had been detonated or removed from international waters of the Strait of Hormuz and that Iran has been told that any ship or boat placing new mines will be destroyed.

The Falkland Islands are set to receive a massive oil windfall thanks to a new drilling venture.

Im Jahr 2022, als ich lokale Unternehmen untersuchte, die möglicherweise gegen Sanktionen verstießen, gehörte Alkagesta zu den Unternehmen auf meiner Liste.

In 2022, while investigating locally based companies that could potentially be violating sanctions, I identified Alkagesta as one of the firms on my list.

Russia has assembled an unprecedented fleet of oil tankers in the Arctic as it accelerates crude exports to Asia via the Northern Sea Route, with vessels carrying roughly 8 million barrels of oil already transiting or waiting to enter the ice-covered shipping lane.

The Russian President is preparing mass mobilisation across the country to recruit criminals including drug smugglers, murderers and mafia members for the frontline.

The effort to counter Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” continues, with new details emerging regularly.

A Texan oil refinery has exploded, shaking residents’ homes as they are urged to find shelter.

In a world full of prohibitions, there will always be those who find ways to bypass them. This isn’t about drugs or weapons—it’s about oil, where some nations wield sanctions with fervor that might be better directed elsewhere.

Authorities probing possible sanctions evasion among local companies in 2022 placed Alkagesta among the firms under review.

Tahir Garaev and his team are among the key operators of Russia’s oil exports after the start of the war.

Donald Trump has announced that Venezuela will be "turning over" $2 billion worth of Venezuelan crude to the United States, a significant negotiation that would redirect supplies from China while assisting Venezuela in avoiding deeper oil production cuts.

The company Alkagesta exports Russian oil to Ukraine via Romania.

Oil price increase likely to add 5p to petrol and diesel over the next couple of months, expert says

FUEL smuggling out of Libya is a billion-dollar business, but little is known about the scale of the maritime operation that routinely ferries refined petroleum products out of Libya.

Russia has successfully found ways to bypass the $60 price cap on oil set in December 2022 by the G7 countries, earning an extra $53 billion from this strategy in just the first three quarters of 2024.

In 2022, while researching locally-based companies that were potentially violating sanctions, Alkagesta was on my list. The Azerbaijani-owned company is a commodity trader headquartered in Malta with operations in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and even Georgia.

Donald Trump, who previously described Lady Victoria Starmer as the British Prime Minister’s ’greatest asset’, said she is a ’beautiful, great woman’ and that Sir Keir is ’very lucky’ to have her.

While speaking at the Republican CPAC conference, Donald Trump said he wants the US to get ’rare Earth and oil’ from Ukraine after Joe Biden gave the country $350 billion.

The Biden administration has imposed some of its toughest sanctions yet on Russia, in a move designed to hit Moscow’s energy revenue that is fuelling its war in Ukraine.