The US Energy Information Administration. (EIA) announced an increase in Iraq's oil exports to America during the past week. The EIA stated in a table that "the average US imports of crude oil during the past week from 9 major countries amounted to 4.876 million barrels per day, down by 732 thousand barrels per day from the previous week, which amounted to 5.608 million barrels per day." It added that "Iraq's oil exports to America amounted to 201 thousand barrels per day last week, up by 48 thousand barrels per day from the previous week, which amounted to 153 thousand barrels per day." It explained that "most of America's oil imports during the past week came from Canada, followed by Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Colombia." According to the table, "the amount of US imports of crude oil came from Ecuador, Libya and then Nigeria." Source: National Iraqi News Agency
AU Summit Calls for Urgent Reform in Africa’s Peace and Security Architecture
August 30, 2026
Luanda: Speaking at the 21st Extraordinary African Union (AU) Summit on conflict prevention and resolution, the Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, called for urgent reform of Africa’s peace and security architecture. He highl…