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England’s preparations for the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday hit a glitch with Eddie Jones’s backroom staff unable to use their drone to record training sessions because their Tokyo base is close to an airport. England had to seek permission to use their drone from tournament organisers but they cannot do so in the …

In the dream world John Lennon imagined, ‘Imagine there’s no countries, it isn’t hard to do, nothing to live or die for, and no religion too’ there would be no need for spending on defence, would there? Last year, the world spent $1.8 trillion on defence, money that would, alternately, have been spent on development. …

The United States is deploying military forces to the Middle East after Saturday’s drone attacks on major oil sites in Saudi Arabia that the administration of President Donald Trump has blamed on Iran. “The president has approved the deployment of U.S. forces which will be defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and missile …

Smoke billows from an Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq after drone attacks sparked fires at two Saudi Aramco oil facilities. AFP | Getty Images Drone attacks on two critical production facilities in Saudi Arabia over the weekend have boosted concerns about supply security in the Middle East and raised the risk premium in the global …

This satellite image shows smoke rising from Saudi Aramco’s Abqaiq oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia. Planet Labs Inc./AP hide caption toggle caption Planet Labs Inc./AP This satellite image shows smoke rising from Saudi Aramco’s Abqaiq oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia. Planet Labs Inc./AP Updated at 3:53 p.m. ET Iran says it is not …

Drone strikes on crucial Saudi Arabian oil facilities have disrupted about half of the kingdom’s oil capacity, or 5% of the daily global oil supply, CNN Business reported earlier Saturday. Yemen’s Houthi rebels took responsibility for the attacks but they are often backed by Iran. “Tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on Saudi Arabia while …

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for drone attacks on two key oil installations deep inside Saudi Arabia on Saturday, facilities that process the vast majority of the country’s output and raising the risk of a disruption in world oil supplies. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Iran, which backs the Houthis, calling it “an unprecedented …

Five million barrels per day of crude production have been impacted after fires raged at the sites, one of them the world’s largest oil production facility, people with knowledge of the kingdom’s operations said. The latest OPEC figures from August 2019 put the total Saudi production at 9.8 million barrels per day. A source told …

Fires burn in the distance after a drone strike by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group on Saudi company Aramco’s oil processing facilities, in Buqayq, Saudi Arabia September 14, 2019 in this still image taken from a social media video obtained by REUTERS Saudi Arabia is shutting down half of its oil production after drones attacked the …

Drone strikes caused fires that raged at two facilities of Saudi Arabia’s vast state oil company, the country’s interior ministry said, in what Yemen’s Houthi rebels described as one of their largest-ever operations inside the kingdom. The strikes mark the latest in a series of attacks on the country’s petroleum assets in recent months, as …