The latest US sanctions are part of an effort to disrupt Iran’s use of oil revenue to finance its nuclear programme.
Suriname will distribute revenues from new oil and gas discoveries among its more than 600,000 citizens.
Oil giants commit $500m for sustainable energy, but campaigners say lobbyists have seized control of climate talks.
Rafael, now a major Category 3 hurricane, triggered an island-wide power blackout as it nears Cuba.
As Shell hopes to begin oil exploration off the Eastern Cape coast, communities fight to protect their sacred waters.
Raul Gorrin Belisario, owner of Globovision, allegedly took part in $1.2bn scheme to launder corrupt oil money.
The energy-saving measures come as government struggles to restore grid and surveys hurricane that killed seven.
Stricter registration policies by the world’s largest ship registry come amid a push to crack down on oil smuggling.
Cuban authorities say they are working to re-establish power access after days of blackouts across the island.
The island was hit by a nationwide blackout on Friday, but prime minister says country ‘not yet in a bottomless abyss’.
At least 300 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces during their siege and bombardment of northern Gaza.
Footage shows the moment a fuel tank explodes at a petrol station in Chechnya, in Russia, causing a huge fireball.
Fears of a widening war in the Middle East have pushed up oil prices.
The largest increases in emissions of the greenhouse gas come from China and Southeast Asia.
