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Energy23 Jul
Iran-linked hackers hit US water and energy systems, US warns, as Kuwait fire claims ricochet through Persian Gulf information war
Energy21 Jul
Generic-drug tariffs, Hormuz threats, and an 11th night of CENTCOM strikes: a single week cracks open US policy on three fronts
Energy21 Jul
Trump threatens Pickaxe Mountain strike as Iran tensions spread to Red Sea shipping
Energy21 Jul
Trump threatens to hit 'Pickaxe Mountain' as Syria enters the crossfire
Energy21 Jul
Washington draws a hardened-target red line at Iran's Pickaxe Mountain
Energy21 Jul
Unidentified projectile strikes tanker off Oman as Hormuz corridor quiet ends
Energy21 Jul
Ortega ends Nicaragua's electoral cycle in a quiet consolidation
Energy21 Jul
Iran's nuclear warning and the market's quiet recalibration
Energy21 Jul
Tehran draws a red line in the Gulf as US strikes enter a second week
Energy21 Jul
Burnham's first move as PM: a VAT cut on electricity, paid for by killing Starmer's ID scheme
Energy21 Jul
Burnham's first 48 hours: a Manchester mayor turned prime minister tries to lower the lights bill
Energy21 Jul
Aoun walks a Hezbollah disarmament pitch into the Oval Office, and asks Washington for the army to back it up
Energy20 Jul
Yemeni Armed Forces declare maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia, shattering post-ceasefire calm
Energy20 Jul
Trump threatens fresh US strikes on Iran hours after claiming "heavy blows" delivered
Energy20 Jul
Fire on a tanker off Oman puts the Strait of Hormuz back on the oil clock
Energy20 Jul
Spain's second star lands in New York as World Cup 2026 closes on a 1-0 scoreline
Energy20 Jul
Nine nights over Hormuz: shipping market re-prices a corridor already on edge
Energy20 Jul
Mediators float a 10-day strike pause to rescue the Iran-US interim deal
Energy20 Jul
Mediators push 10-day Iran-US pause as interim nuclear deal teeters back from the brink
Energy20 Jul
Houthis declare Red Sea blockade against Saudi Arabia: what ships, oil flows and regional alliances are now in play
Energy20 Jul
Airstrikes, missiles and a strait on edge: how Monday escalated around Hormuz
Energy20 Jul
Burnham in Number 10: a new PM inherits a country that has burned through six predecessors in a decade
Energy20 Jul
Bandar Abbas answers the cameras: Tehran stages a Hormuz defence as regional talks quietly advance
Energy19 Jul
U.S. launches new Strait of Hormuz strikes on Iran, citing shipping threat and a Jordan-base attack
Energy19 Jul
Strikes on Darkhovin test the diplomatic floor beneath the US-Iran nuclear file
Energy19 Jul
Trump defends Iran-war casualty math as New York Post interview fuels debate
Energy19 Jul
Stavropol oil depot hit for third time in two weeks as Ukraine expands its deep-strike footprint
Energy19 Jul
Pyongyang's public pledge and a detained Kremlin critic: the wartime alliance tightens as domestic dissent narrows
Energy19 Jul
Hormuz is becoming the world's most dangerous chokepoint, again
Energy18 Jul
US strike on Iranian desalination plant leaves 20 towns without water, state media says
Energy18 Jul
US launches fresh airstrikes on Iran as Sirik and Bandar Abbas report overnight blasts
Energy18 Jul
Seven dead in overnight Ukrainian drone barrage on Russian logistics hub near Moscow
Energy18 Jul
Trump's first reaction: 'very sad,' visibly angry, and pointedly restrained on escalation
Energy18 Jul
Trump administration eyes Saudi uranium enrichment carve-out, CNN reports
Energy18 Jul
Iran frames Strait of Hormuz as the next flashpoint in a long-running information war
Energy18 Jul
Iran's Strait of Hormuz posture: Baghaei frames maritime restrictions as defensive, not escalatory
Energy18 Jul
Iran hits Kuwaiti desalination, power and oil sites as Gulf standoff widens
Energy18 Jul
Tehran opens judicial front against Washington and Israel, framing recent strikes as war crimes
Energy18 Jul
Iran sets a 72-hour clock on US strikes and frames the Strait of Hormuz as the tripwire
Energy18 Jul
CENTCOM opens a new air campaign on Iran, citing Hormuz threat and a Jordan base strike
Energy17 Jul
Eight ships a day: how a US naval blockade throttled the Strait of Hormuz
Energy17 Jul
Refuelling planes, pardon talk, and a strike plan: Trump's Iran calculus meets Israeli domestic friction
Energy17 Jul
Pakistan and Kuwait open early-stage talks on a defence pact tied to energy
Energy17 Jul
New Mexico pulls the plug on Oracle's pipeline, and the bill for AI's power appetite starts to come due
Energy17 Jul
Meta eyes up to $10 billion compute lease to Anthropic as capacity crunch reshapes AI dealmaking
Energy17 Jul
Lavrov's Hormuz pitch: ceasefire call recasts Russia as Middle East power broker
Energy17 Jul
IRGC Navy fires on Thai-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, Tasnim reports
Energy17 Jul
Eight ships and a question: Hormuz traffic slips to a three-week low
Energy17 Jul
Hormuz closed: what a 21-mile strait means for global energy when missiles start flying
Energy17 Jul
An intercepted drone, a viral video, and the question Tehran is asking about Hormuz
Energy17 Jul
Incident off Duqm puts Oman's tanker corridor back in the crosshairs
Energy17 Jul
Drone Down, Strait Open: Reading the Hormuz Signal
Energy17 Jul
Brent Jumps to $88 as Iran Escalation Reverberates Through Oil Markets
Energy16 Jul
Vance on Rogan: a White House tells Israel to stop sabotaging the Iran track
Energy16 Jul
US strikes on Iranian missile sites put the Strait of Hormuz back at the centre of global energy risk
Energy16 Jul
Ukrainian strikes target occupied Crimea's power spine as Sevastopol thermal plant burns
Energy16 Jul
Kyiv turns the Black Sea into a sanctions battlefield
Energy16 Jul
Strikes on Kish Island knock out a substation and reopen the question of what the Strait of Hormuz can absorb
Energy16 Jul
Drone strike on Basra tanker halts Iraqi crude loadings, exposing Gulf export corridor's soft underbelly
Energy16 Jul
Iran strikes US staging areas in Bahrain and Kuwait as 'Operation Lightning' enters eleventh round
Energy16 Jul
Kuwait's Ali Al-Salem Air Base Hit in Eighth Wave of Iran's 'Operation Nasr 2', IRGC Says
Energy16 Jul
Iran widens Hormuz threat to regional infrastructure as US strike pressure builds
Energy16 Jul
Nine out of eleven: shipping data shows Hormuz traffic still routing through Iranian corridor after US strikes
Energy16 Jul
Booms over Dubai and accusations in Tehran: a Gulf incident in three contradictory wires
Energy15 Jul
A drone, a Camry, and the engineers of Europe's largest nuclear plant
Energy15 Jul
Vance on Iran: 'No ground forces,' and what that restraint costs
Energy15 Jul
Treasury hits Iran's nuclear and banking network, and Tehran's answer is no talks
Energy15 Jul
Washington's secondary sanctions reach meets Beijing's strategic depth
Energy15 Jul
U.S. escalates pressure on Iran as Tehran quits the Islamabad memorandum
Energy15 Jul
Trump threatens Iran's bridges and power plants as US strikes hit southwestern civilian sites
Energy15 Jul
Trump Threatens Deeper Strikes on Kharg Island as Hormuz Clashes Echo Across the Gulf
Energy15 Jul
Trump puts Iranian power plants and bridges in his crosshairs, if diplomacy fails by next week
Energy15 Jul
Trump weighs a wider war on Iran: Situation Room, blockade, and a power-grid threat
Energy15 Jul
Trump puts Iran's grid on the table: energy strikes and a deadline without a negotiation
Energy15 Jul
Polymarket puts Hormuz fee bets in play as Trump's tariff threat recedes
Energy15 Jul
Maharashtra's power bill write-off: a Rs 48,000 crore transfer dressed as relief
Energy15 Jul
Iran's IRGC claims a drone strike on a U.S.-linked logistics warehouse in Kuwait
Energy15 Jul
Hormuz stays shut, and the energy map redraws itself
Energy15 Jul
Iran shuts the Strait of Hormuz and Washington answers in two registers
Energy15 Jul
Iran army declares Hormuz shut until US accepts Tehran's legal order
Energy15 Jul
Trump floats Hormuz transit toll, then steps back. The market moved anyway.
Energy15 Jul
Seven hours over Iran: CENTCOM opens a new air campaign
Energy15 Jul
CENTCOM strikes and a closed Hormuz: the 15 July 2026 escalation sequence
Energy14 Jul
Ukraine's navy sinks FSB patrol ship Izumrud near Novorossiysk with an uncrewed vessel
Energy14 Jul
Trump pulls Hormuz toll a day after floating it, leaving shipping route in policy limbo
Energy14 Jul
Trumps energy ultimatum and a 4 p.m. blockade set the clock on Iran
Energy14 Jul
Trump's Hormuz toll: 20% levy and a blockade threat remap oil chokepoint politics
Energy14 Jul
Trump's 20% Hormuz toll meets a market already rerouting around him
Energy14 Jul
Trump's 20% Hormuz toll and a 73% market bet on an Iranian counter-levy: the chokepoint turns into a cash register
Energy14 Jul
Strait of Hormuz under new strain as UK breaks with US on toll plan, tanker strikes spread
Energy14 Jul
Strike on Kish Island power plant tests the line between pressure and escalation
Energy14 Jul
Strikes on Kish Island utility: what we know, what we don't, and what's at stake
Energy14 Jul
IRGC Navy broadcast on VHF Channel 16 turns Hormuz into a live warning zone
Energy14 Jul
IRGC Navy warns shipping off Hormuz as Strait confrontation enters open-radio phase
Energy14 Jul
Iran's Strait of Hormuz gamble meets a British terror designation
Energy14 Jul
Iran's Strait of Hormuz posture hardens: Tehran says it owes the world nothing on transit
Energy14 Jul
Tehran says 200+ foreign ships cleared Hormuz before closure as US-Iran standoff reopens the Gulf's shipping risk
Energy14 Jul
Iranians urge a limited Hormuz closure as Trump touts a passage he has yet to spell out
Energy14 Jul
Three nights, one chokepoint: the US calculus behind the Hormuz strikes
Energy13 Jul
The White House calls America's utilities to the table over AI power bills
Energy13 Jul
US strikes cut power across Khuzestan cities as Iran tensions escalate
Energy13 Jul
US strikes hit Khuzestan infrastructure as damage reports diverge
Energy13 Jul
US strikes on Ahvaz reported as power-outage claims around Behbahan recede
Energy13 Jul
Washington moves to monetise the Strait of Hormuz, and Dubai starts building around it
Energy13 Jul
Trump vows to 'become guardians' of the Strait of Hormuz, raising the prospect of a US toll on global oil traffic
Energy13 Jul
Trump's Strait of Hormuz pitch: a toll road, or a new line in the sand?
Energy13 Jul
Trump's Strait of Hormuz play: protector, manager, toll-keeper
Energy13 Jul
Trump's Strait of Hormuz claim meets Iranian rebuttal as Gulf shipping lanes become the new rhetorical front
Energy13 Jul
Trump's "punitive expedition" framing puts a price tag on the Iran crisis
Energy13 Jul
Trump's Iran rhetoric hardens as prediction markets price in a blockade
Energy13 Jul
Trump Hormuz Remarks Draw Iran's Military Warning as Tanker Corridor Returns to the Front Burner
Energy13 Jul
Trump's Hormuz toll: 20% on every ship, plus the cargo
Energy13 Jul
Strait of Hormuz becomes the fault line as US and Iran trade strikes across the Gulf
Energy13 Jul
Strait of Hormuz traffic collapses as Trump floats a US "guardian" role
Energy13 Jul
Trump moves to seize the Strait of Hormuz and the oil markets believe him
Energy13 Jul
Explosions reported at Khuzestan oil-and-gas airport as US-Iran strikes widen across energy corridor
Energy13 Jul
IRGC claims Hormuz ship seizures and strikes on Jordan base in overnight statements
Energy13 Jul
Iran strikes US-linked bases in Jordan and Kuwait as Hormuz naval standoff widens
Energy13 Jul
Tehran puts a price tag on the Strait of Hormuz, and Washington is being told to read it
Energy13 Jul
Tehran tells Washington: the Strait of Hormuz is not yours to guard
Energy13 Jul
Iran warns regional states: cooperating with Washington on Hormuz is a war act
Energy13 Jul
Tehran draws two red lines: Hormuz stays closed to coercion, nuclear sites stay closed to inspectors
Energy13 Jul
Hormuz thins out as US and Iran exchange strikes, putting the next round of talks on a knife-edge
Energy13 Jul
Tehran tests the blockade: Hormuz opens, then closes, as Trump's 'guardian' promise meets the water
Energy13 Jul
Hodeidah landing and Bab al-Mandab threat put a Yemen chokepoint back in play
Energy12 Jul
Free water at 15 groszy: how a Polish convenience chain quietly outflanked EU bottle-deposit politics
Energy12 Jul
Trump declares the Strait of Hormuz open. Iran's transit authority says it isn't.
Energy12 Jul
Persian Gulf corridor authority says Strait of Hormuz traffic halted, permits frozen until reopening
Energy12 Jul
Strait of Hormuz under fire: what the Tasnim wire is actually telling us
Energy12 Jul
Strait of Hormuz shut to commercial traffic as US-Iran exchanges erupt near Qeshm
Energy12 Jul
Strait of Hormuz: Iran's re-closure collides with a US demand for a written guarantee
Energy12 Jul
Strait of Hormuz, contested in real time: Tehran says transit is suspended, CENTCOM says it is open
Energy12 Jul
Strait of Hormuz jolted by 10–15 explosions near Qeshm Island
Energy12 Jul
Doha's power-broker exits: Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies at 74
Energy12 Jul
Lindsey Graham dies suddenly, ending a 25-year run at the centre of US foreign policy
Energy12 Jul
IRGC says it struck US drone base in Jordan, opening a new front with Washington
Energy12 Jul
IRGC says Strait of Hormuz is shut, again, until US strikes end
Energy12 Jul
Tehran's Hormuz squeeze: IRGC declares no foreign vessel passes without surveillance
Energy12 Jul
IRGC claims strike on US drone facilities at Prince Hassan base in Jordan
Energy12 Jul
Iraq's new prime minister lands in Washington with oil and gas on the table
Energy12 Jul
Iran's security commission claims the Strait of Hormuz 'with strength' as oil markets wait
Energy12 Jul
Tehran reaches out to Doha as Sheikh Hamad's passing opens a Gulf succession moment
Energy12 Jul
Tehran claims the Strait of Hormuz by force, and the oil market has to listen
Energy12 Jul
Iran's Strait Authority shutters Hormuz transit, blames 'illegal' US movements
Energy12 Jul
Iran's parliament claims the Strait of Hormuz, and the oil market has to take it seriously
Energy12 Jul
Iran's parliament claims it has seized the Strait of Hormuz by force. The world's energy markets are pricing around them
Energy12 Jul
Hormuz in the crosshairs: two tankers hit as US launches third strike wave against Iran
Energy12 Jul
Hormuz fact and counter-fact: a four-hour naval exchange and the war of words around it
Energy12 Jul
Hormuz shut, again: how an Iran-US naval exchange rerouted the world's oil in twelve hours
Energy12 Jul
Three rounds, one strait: how CENTCOM is rewriting the Hormuz rulebook
Energy12 Jul
CENTCOM declares the Strait of Hormuz open as Iran's grip loosens
Energy11 Jul
Washington demands Iran publicly reopen Hormuz; Tehran seen unlikely to bend
Energy11 Jul
The Saturday deadline: how a public statement became Washington's price for Hormuz
Energy11 Jul
Ceasefire math: mediators race to keep US and Iran off the slide
Energy11 Jul
Super Typhoon Bavi Lays Waste to East Asia After Killing 17 in the Philippines
Energy11 Jul
Pyongyang's denuclearization reversal: a signal aimed at Washington, not the negotiating table
Energy11 Jul
Oman puts a corridor on the table: Iran and the US open talks over Hormuz
Energy11 Jul
Muscat plays middleman: Oman–Iran talks reopen the Strait of Hormuz file
Energy11 Jul
Oman's Hormuz plan stalls as Tehran and Washington trade versions of the same breakdown
Energy11 Jul
Muscat moves to keep Hormuz open: Oman-Iran talks aim to freeze maritime risk
Energy11 Jul
IRGC Navy declares Strait of Hormuz closed after warning shot on a defiant vessel
Energy11 Jul
IRGC declares Strait of Hormuz closed to shipping until further notice
Energy11 Jul
Tehran shuts the door on a Hormuz deal, for now
Energy11 Jul
Tehran signals Strait of Hormuz closure, claiming missile fired at offending vessel
Energy11 Jul
Muscat talks on Hormuz end with a handshake and a holding pattern
Energy11 Jul
Hormuz shuts after a third night of US strikes: what the next 72 hours decide
Energy11 Jul
Hormuz at a standoff: Washington wants a public Iranian concession Tehran says it has already made
Energy11 Jul
Araghchi lands in Muscat as Tehran and Washington orbit the Strait of Hormuz
Energy11 Jul
Araghchi lands in Muscat: Iran and Oman open a Hormuz channel as Gulf shipping fears simmer
Energy10 Jul
Tehran pulls the diplomatic thread in Muscat as Hormuz returns to the table
Energy10 Jul