Saudi Arabia has closed a critical oil pipeline after it was struck by drones launched from Iraq, the latest squeeze on Middle Eastern supplies after attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels this week threatened to deepen the world’s energy crisis.

Two of the most important corridors for international energy shipments are blocked by Iran and its proxies, oil prices are up and the global economy is reeling.

Leaders of the BRICS nations were meeting in New Delhi on Saturday for a summit focused on trade, investment and global conflicts, as the bloc seeks a bigger role in shaping the global agenda for emerging and developing countries.

Israel's military on Thursday said it conducted strikes that demolished a series of tunnels used by Hezbollah as a base in southern Lebanon.

The funeral is underway in western Uganda for a traditional monarch who ascended the throne of the Tooro Kingdom as an infant in 1995 and died last month at 34.

Bulgarian authorities launched investigations into an explosion at a weapons storage site in central Bulgaria overnight, which came in the wake of another blaze at a munitions depot in recent weeks, r

Iraq ordered the closure of ​the Shalamcheh border ‌crossing between Iraq and Iran as ​a precautionary measure ​after the latest drone ⁠attacks on ​Saudi Arabia, two security ​sources told Reuters on Saturday.

French authorities are investigating whether sabotage caused a train derailment in Normandy that injured 44 people