Oil prices are climbing to new highs in recent weeks, spurred on by Israel's incessant threats to attack Iran and the US's acquiescence on that invented threat. Last week brought a tense diplomatic kerfuffle when Israeli officials allegedly leaked information about a...

Russia sharply criticized the US-led international sanctions on Iran's economy on Monday, calling them "overt blackmail" and a "crude contradiction of international law," and warning that they could harm bilateral relations with Moscow. "We are talking about...