Richard Falk suspected that the foreign policy establishment in Washington is inhibited by the fear that Saudi Arabia might become tempted to shift its alignment in a direction more in line with China and Russia.

The White House asserts that Saudi Arabia pushed member states of OPEC and its allies, known as OPEC+, to cut oil production when the cartel met on October 5.

Japan and the US are conducting a joint military drill following North Korea's repeated missile launches, Japan's Defense Ministry says.

India will continue to buy oil from wherever it has to, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri has said, noting no country has told New Delhi to stop buying Russian oil.

Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran and Washington have exchanged more messages to bring their views closer on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal.

Two US Navy warships enter the Taiwan Strait in what is America’s first such naval transit​​​​​​​ since a visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-declared island increased tension.

Russia has "temporarily" suspended on-site inspections of its strategic nuclear weapons by the US under a 2010 arms control treaty known as New START, citing travel curbs, sanctions and coronavirus infections.