U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Tuesday that aim to boost coal production in his latest action that runs counter to global efforts to curb carbon emissions.

Last week’s plunge in oil prices rippled through Middle Eastern markets Sunday, sending benchmark indexes in the region sinking and shaving off more than $88 billion from the world’s biggest oil producer Saudi Aramco.

The Pentagon extended the deployment of the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier strike group and ordered a second flotilla to the Middle East, Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed Tuesday. It also sent additional warplanes to the region, including F-35 fighters and B-2 stealth bombers, according to a U.S. official.

About 60 letters canceling contracts were sent over the last week, including for major projects with the U.N. World Food Program.

The Pentagon is sending the USS Carl Vinson to the Middle East and extending the deployment of USS Harry S. Truman, which is already there.

According to the United Nations, 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers were killed by Israeli forces eight days ago in southern Gaza. Included in the deaths was at least one United Nations employee.

India’s expanding influence in the Middle East is among the most defining indicators of the region’s shift into a multipolar era. While New Delhi continues to benefit from its alignment with U.S.-anchored frameworks in the region, it is increasingly leveraging these networks to simultaneously advance its own national interests and economic inroads.

Gulf countries were relatively spared, with the US imposing only a 10% tariff, whereas other Middle Eastern nations are facing steeper trade penalties.

Hamburg-based investment firm Aquila Group is expanding its operations with a new office in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates as it targets growth opportunities in the Gulf and Middle East, it said on Tuesday.

Rebuilding the Middle East, shattered by more than 15 years of devastating wars, requires urgent, massive funding that could be stalled by many factors.

The dealer boosts Dubai as a better business environment for women and offers tips for Westerners wishing to make inroads in the Middle Eastern market.

The United States has dramatically intensified its military presence across the Middle East in response to persistent attacks by Iran-backed Houthis.