A classified document has revealed that the Saudi crown prince threatened to fundamentally alter Riyadh-Washington ties and impose significant economic costs on the United States if it retaliated against the kingdom’s oil cuts.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi inaugurates the first phase of the second development plan of Abadan oil refinery in southwestern Iran near the coast of the Persian Gulf.

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.