EghtesadOnline: Oil costs rose on Friday on worries about disruptions, as power corporations started shutting in production within the Gulf of Mexico in view of a possible hurricane forecast to hit by the weekend.

EghtesadOnline: Protesters broke into the US embassy compound in Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday after smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, prompting tear gas and sounds of gunfire.

EghtesadOnline: More than 57% of the population of 80 million is affected by the impact of dust storms, secretary of the Technology Development Council of Water, Drought, Erosion and Environment said.