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Energy31 May
Ukraine Strikes Saratov Oil Refinery in 14th Attack on Critical Russian Energy Infrastructure
Energy31 May
Israeli airstrikes kill dozens through Eid as New York parade spotlights far-right ministers
Energy31 May
Iranian Supreme Leader Killed as Israel Escalates Lebanon Offensive, Oil Markets Tremble
Energy31 May
Iran's Nuclear Crisis Deepens After Supreme Leader's Death, Stalls US Agreement Talks
Energy30 May
Russian Gas, Western Ambition: Armenia's Impossible Pivot
Energy30 May
Israeli Lebanon Push Collides With US-Iran Diplomacy as Trump Nears Final Decision
Energy30 May
Iran Claims Sole Authority Over Strait of Hormuz as US Talks Enter Critical Phase
Energy29 May
Vance Confirms US-Iran Negotiations Near Resolution Point; Eyes On Oil Market Impact
Energy29 May
Vance says US and Iran near nuclear deal — but verification gaps and regional tensions cloud the horizon
Energy29 May
Vance's Iran Pivot Opens Door to Hormuz Reopening — Energy Executives Fear the Opposite Outcome
Energy29 May
US-Iran Ceasefire Negotiated as Strikes Rock Strait of Hormuz
Energy29 May
Trump Convenes Situation Room as Iran Nuclear Deal Hangs on Uranium and ultimatum
Energy29 May
Talks and Enrichment: Inside the Nuclear Crossroads Defining Trump's Iran Policy
Energy29 May
Iran Rejects US Terms as Hormuz Blockade Standoff Deepens
Energy29 May
Iran Signals at Hormuz as Nuclear Talks Collide With Military Escalation
Energy29 May
Iran and Oman Discuss Hormuz Management as Regional Diplomacy Reshapes Gulf Calculus
Energy28 May
US Strikes Bandar Abbas as Ceasefire Frays; Pentagon Warns of Three-Year Weapons Deficit
Energy28 May
Trump's Strait Ultimatum Tests the Free-Rider Logic of Hormuz Diplomacy
Energy28 May
Trump Signals Frustration as Iran Nuclear Talks Stall Over Hormuz and Uranium Demands
Energy28 May
Tehran Warns Against Military Pressure on Strait of Hormuz Sovereignty
Energy28 May
Iran's Top Nuclear Envoy Lands in Moscow With a List: Unfreeze First, Talk Second
Energy28 May
Hormuz Flashpoint: US Strikes Iran as IRGC Claims Control of the World's Most Critical Oil Chokepoint
Energy27 May
Trump Threatens to Bomb Oman Over Strait of Hormuz Negotiations with Iran
Energy27 May
Trump Team Wants Civilian Reactors to Burn Down Warhead Plutonium — and Critics Are Alarmed
Energy27 May
Trump Says Hormuz Will Stay Open as Iran Bars 'Hostile' Vessels
Energy27 May
Trump Administration Eyes Nuclear Startups as Outlet for Surplus Weapons Plutonium
Energy27 May
The Strait of Hormuz Remains a Flashpoint as Iran Hawks Push Back Against Diplomatic Timelines
Energy27 May
The Plutonium Gambit: Trump's Plan to Fuel Nuclear Startups with Warhead Material
Energy27 May
Oil markets, Bitcoin, and the Hormuz paradox: what the Iran-US détente reveals about energy security
Energy27 May
Iran Declares Hormuz Passage for 'Hostile Countries' Still Prohibited — 23 Ships Crossed Anyway
Energy27 May
Gulf States Race to Build Around the Strait of Hormuz as Regional Ceasefire Frays
Energy26 May
U.S. Strikes Southern Iran as Nuclear Deal Remains Unfinished
Energy26 May
US Strikes Iran Over Alleged Mine-Laying in Hormuz; 60-Day Truce Opens Waterway
Energy26 May
U.S. Navy's Secret Return to the Strait of Hormuz Tests Official Transparency
Energy26 May
Trump's Truth Social Ultimatum and the Structure of an Iran Surrender Demand
Energy26 May
Rubio's Hormuz Ultimatum: Delhi Visit Revives Washington's Maximum Pressure Play
Energy26 May
Oil markets whipsawed as Iran deal optimism meets military escalation
Energy26 May
Iran Nuclear Talks: What Prediction Markets Reveal About the Stalled Diplomacy
Energy26 May
Iran's Hormuz Leverage: How Tehran Wired a Negotiated Reopening Into Its Diplomatic Hand
Energy25 May
Rubio Signals Hormuz Reopening and Iran Nuclear Talks as Part of Wider Regional Framework
Energy25 May
Iran drills near Hormuz while proposing Strait reopening — and oil markets are watching closely
Energy25 May
Iran's Hormuz Toll and the Fractured Logic of Trump's Iran Deal
Energy25 May
Iran's Doha Gambit: Hormuz, Frozen Funds, and the Architecture of Coercion
Energy25 May
Iran Clarifies Qatar Delegation Level as Nuclear Talks Signal Cautious Progress
Energy24 May
US-Iran Hormuz Deal: Breakthrough or Temporary Calm?
Energy24 May
Trump Signals Patience Over Speed in Iran Nuclear Talks, Oil Markets on Edge
Energy24 May
Trump's Iran Deal Caution Meets Controversial Nuclear Doctors Post
Energy24 May
Poland Calls for Reopening of Strait of Hormuz as Energy Transit Crisis Deepens
Energy24 May
Iran's Pacifist Posturing Meets Diplomatic Pragmatism at Khorramshahr Anniversary
Energy24 May
Iran Nuclear Talks: The Substance Behind the Trump administration's dealmaking
Energy24 May
Iran Nuclear Deal: Deal or Delay?
Energy24 May
Iran Denies Agreeing to Transfer Uranium Stockpile, Complicating Nuclear Talks
Energy24 May
Iran Reports 33 Vessels Transited Strait of Hormuz in 24 Hours
Energy23 May
U.S. and Iran Signal Ceasefire Extension Talks as CENTCOM Blockade Hits Hundred-Vessel Milestone
Energy23 May
Rubio's Contradictory Signals on Hormuz Reveal a US Diplomacy Built on Sand
Energy23 May
Iran, Pakistan, and the Fragile Architecture of a US-Iran Nuclear Détente
Energy22 May
Trump's uranium ultimatum puts Hormuz at the center of a new energy standoff
Energy22 May
Oil Edges Higher as Market Skepticism Clouds US-Iran Agreement Reports
Energy22 May
Iran Nuclear Talks: The Enrichment Line Washington Cannot Seem to Cross
Energy22 May
Bloomberg Warned of Recession Risk as Strait of Hormuz Stays Closed Through August 2026
Energy21 May
Trump's Uranium Demand Tests the Limits of Maximum Pressure
Energy20 May
NATO's Hormuz Contingency and the Limits of Allied Signaling
Energy20 May
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Warn War Will Expand Beyond Region if Strikes Resume
Energy19 May
Vance Rules Out Russian Uranium Route as Iran Talks Advance
Energy19 May
Ukraine Confirms Strikes on Russian Oil Refinery and Pumping Station
Energy19 May
Trump sets Iran deadline as administration signals split on nuclear deal prospects
Energy19 May
Tehran's Hormuz Calculus: What the Strait Means for Global Oil Markets in 2026
Energy19 May
Oil Drops as Trump Postpones Iran Strike, Citing Gulf Arab Diplomacy
Energy19 May
NATO Discusses Hormuz Strait Deployment as Market Puts 31% Odds on Quick Resolution
Energy19 May
India digs in on Russian oil as US sanctions pressure hits diminishing returns
Energy18 May
Russia Backs Iran's Enrichment Rights as Bushehr Cooperation Deepens
Energy18 May
Oil Prices Surge as Strait of Hormuz Tightens Under Iran-US Standoff
Energy18 May
Pakistan Deploys 8,000 Troops and Fighter Squadron to Saudi Arabia as Iran Conflict Escalates
Energy18 May
Iran's Kharg Island Oil Export Freeze Complicates Nuclear Talks as Deadline Pressure Mounts
Energy18 May
Belarus Joins Russia in Nuclear Drills, Drawing Condemnation From Kyiv and NATO
Energy17 May
Venezuela Extradites Maduro Ally Alex Saab to the United States
Energy17 May
Trump's Iran Ultimatum: Cash Freeze, One Nuclear Site, and a Threat to 'Wipe Out' the Country
Energy17 May
Starmer Resignation Reports Put Labour Leadership in Doubt as Political Climate Turns
Energy17 May
China's Dual-Track Signal: Xi on American Decline, 425 Beef Licenses Renewed
Energy16 May
Trump's Intervention Calculus: Oil Revenues, Surveillance Cameras, and the Cost of War
Energy16 May
China beef, Hormuz and the art of the deal
Energy16 May
Boeing's $40 Billion China Deal and the Quiet Geopolitics of the Trump-Xi Meeting
Energy11 May
Zero Commercial Ships Cross Strait of Hormuz as Iran Signals Legal Regime and US Diplomatic Talks Continue
Energy08 May
Vessels on Fire in Strait of Hormuz as US-Iran Skirmish Tests Fragile Ceasefire
Energy08 May
US and Iran Exchange Fire at Strait of Hormuz as Backchannel Talks Reportedly Advance
Energy08 May
Trump Deploys Vatican Back-Channel to Deliver Nuclear Warning to Iran
Energy08 May
Trump Rejects Ceasefire Violations Claims as US Destroyers Reportedly Targeted in Hormuz
Energy08 May
Hormuz in the Crosshairs: The Strait, the Saudis, and Washington's Risky Reversal
Energy08 May
Clashes Erupt in Strait of Hormuz as Iran, U.S. Navy Forces Exchange Fire
Energy07 May
US-Iran Temporary Deal Signals Fragile Opening on Strait of Hormuz
Energy07 May
Trump Warns of 'Massive' Retaliation if Iran Talks Fail as Ceasefire Holds — For Now
Energy07 May
Saudi Arabia's Military Block Puts Trump's Strait of Hormuz Gambit in Reverse
Energy07 May
Iran signals Strait of Hormuz sovereignty claims as regional tensions escalate
Energy07 May
Iran's Strait of Hormuz Toll Authority Meets French Naval Build-Up in High-Stakes Chess Match
Energy06 May
US turns to Beijing as Hormuz blockade tightens global energy markets
Energy06 May
Trump Suspends 'Project Freedom' After One Day, citing Pakistan Request — WTI Slumps 2.5%
Energy06 May
Trump Pauses Project Freedom in Strait of Hormuz — But Blockade Holds
Energy06 May
Trump Pauses Hormuz Blockade Days After Launch, Iran Deal Hinges on Compliance
Energy06 May
Trump's Iran Ultimatum Meets Tehran's Red Line — and the World Holds Its Breath
Energy06 May
Swiss Energy Chief Questions Nuclear Revival as Iran War Forces Reckoning on Western Power Grids
Energy06 May
Pentagon Puts on a Show of Force While Hormuz Negotiations Run Silent
Energy05 May
Strait of Hormuz Tensions Put Iran Ceasefire at Risk as Israel and US Coordinate Strike Options
Energy05 May
Spain's Diplomatic Defection: Madrid Refuses to Join Any Military Action Against Iran
Energy05 May
Project Freedom: Inside the US Navy's Largest Hormuz Escort Operation in Decades
Energy05 May
Iran, Washington and the Strait of Hormuz: The Anatomy of a Standoff
Energy05 May
Iran Strikes at Hormuz: Day 67 of a Crisis That Could Reshape Global Energy Routes
Energy05 May
Hegseth Draws Line on Strait of Hormuz as Iran Tensions Settle Into Uncertain Pause
Energy04 May
Trump Dismisses Iran Peace Proposal as Hormuz Standoff Hardens
Energy04 May
Trump Calls on South Korea to Enter the Iran Conflict After Ship Strike
Energy04 May
Project Freedom: Trump Deploys 15,000 Personnel to Clear Stranded Tankers from Strait of Hormuz
Energy04 May
Merz plays down Berlin-Washington rift as Hormuz blockade puts Europe on edge
Energy04 May
Merz Reaffirms Atlantic Ties as Germany Absorbs US Troop Withdrawal and Tariff Pressure
Energy04 May
Japan's Hormuz calculus: energy security reshapes the Indo-Pacific equation
Energy04 May
Iranian Forces Strike South Korean-Linked Ship in Strait of Hormuz as US Navy Deploys AI Mine-Detection
Energy04 May
Iran Fires Missiles at UAE as Brent Crude Surges to $114 on Gulf Supply Jitters
Energy04 May
Iran Missiles Fired at US Warship in Strait of Hormuz as Pentagon Denies Direct Hit
Energy04 May
Iranian Military Claims Forces Prevented US Vessels From Entering Strait of Hormuz
Energy04 May
Iran's Araghchi Draws Nuclear Line in US Talks — Escalation Risk Mounts
Energy04 May
Hormuz Deadlock: US Pledges Safe Passage, But Ships Stay Put
Energy04 May
France Refuses US Hormuz Show of Force, Pushes Coordinated Reopening With Tehran
Energy03 May
Trump rejects Iran's three-phase nuclear proposal as diplomatic window narrows
Energy03 May
Trump's Hormuz Pirates Line Reveals the Logic of a Blockade Nobody Wants
Energy03 May
Trump's Hormuz Blockade Meets the Price of Gasoline: Energy Market Risk at the Intersection of Tariffs and Gulf Shipping
Energy03 May
OPEC+ Unites to Pump More Crude — 188,000 Barrels a Day, Starting June
Energy03 May
Iran Warns US Against Interference in New Strait of Hormuz Maritime Regime
Energy03 May
Iran Sets One-Month Deadline for Hormuz Talks as Naval Tensions Reach Critical Point
Energy03 May
Iran's Hormuz Gambit: Tehran's 14-Point Proposal and the Narrow Path to De-escalation
Energy01 May