Syria’s Minister of Energy, Mohammad Al-Bashir, said on Sunday that the current uprising in the Jazira region represents more ...

After spending nearly $50 billion to expand the country’s Tengiz oil field, the American oil giant and its partners encounter more uncertainty. The Tengiz field in Kazakhstan has been producing oil ...

Kazakhstan’s first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, succeeded in maintaining his hold on power for decades but failed to establish a robust mechanism to safeguard his position after stepping down from ...

Mr. Trump’s remarks that he was ready to come to the protesters’ “rescue” are a sharp escalation as protests over economic hardship turned deadly. By Abdi Latif Dahir Sanam Mahoozi and Leily ...

Bazaar closures evolve into anti-regime protests amid water crises and currency woes. Experts see systemic fractures, not single-leader movement Iran’s latest wave of protests did not erupt suddenly ...

Protests in Iran entered a fifth consecutive day on Thursday, with demonstrations and clashes reported across Tehran and multiple provincial cities as authorities, state-linked media and rights groups ...

A court in Kazakhstan has upheld a multibillion dollar fine imposed on the operator of the Kashagan offshore oilfield for allegedly exceeding permitted sulphur storage volumes at a processing facility ...

On January 1, 1994, Indigenous peoples from Chiapas, Mexico, rose up. They took control of city halls in towns across the state. They took the state capital San Cristobal de las Casas. And they held ...

Amid the pre-Christmas lull, U.S. President Donald Trump held phone calls with his Kazakh and Uzbek counterparts, capping off a year of increased attention for Central Asia in Washington. In a Truth ...

Iranians have once again taken to the streets in defiance of their Islamist and authoritarian government. What began as demonstrations triggered by economic grievances — with the rial plummeting to ...

Iran is facing its largest demonstrations in years as people hit the streets of Tehran and other cities to protest the country's dismal economic situation. The protests erupted Sunday and gathered ...

Kazakh state run oil and gas company KazMunayGaz has signed an agreement with a Chinese contractor to develop a delayed associated gas processing plant near the country’s third largest oilfield, ...