Iran

After Houthi rebels damaged the route serving as an alternative to the Strait of Hormuz, experts expect prices to keep rising

Even if he ended the war and reopened the Strait of Hormuz today, it would take more than eight weeks for lower oil prices to reach the pump. It has become his biggest electoral liability

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz and soaring freight rates have intensified competition among countries and shipowners to secure their own tanker fleets. A second-hand vessel can now cost up to 40% more than a newly built one

The Citizens’ Movement leader warns that pacts with the United States will have to be reviewed in the future, while she envisages an electoral process within no more than 10 months

The two opposing forces exchanged fresh attacks on Tuesday after the Revolutionary Guard opened fire on US warships

American forces struck two Iranian rocket launch sites on Larak Island, and Tehran responded with missiles against Jordan and drones against UAE

Attacks on commercial vessels continue in the strategic waterway as Iran and Oman finalize negotiations over a new shipping route

The aircraft carrier is returning to the United States after a lengthy deployment in the Middle East. But first, it will make a resupply stop as questions grow over the conditions facing its crew

The Treasury is seeking unconventional ways to contain rising interest rates, with consequences for both Wall Street and ordinary Americans, as markets await Friday’s Jackson Hole gathering

Crude from other Latin American producers is gaining ground in global markets after months of conflict involving Iran, while Mexico has largely missed out on the price boom

The Trump administration’s trade and financial squeeze has hurt Tehran, but it has not toppled the regime’s productive backbone while civilians bear the brunt

The US president has threatened severe retaliation against countries that help Tehran

The United States considers the island a priority for its intelligence agencies and teams on the ground are seeking to gather more information at a time when a military operation has not been ruled out

Iran has stepped up attacks against the Arab country, which hosts 4,000 U.S. military personnel, prompting a rare critique of its security alliance with Washington

In his latest about-turn, the US president is seeking to de-escalate the recent confrontation because ‘the perimeters of a deal’ have been reached

The operation marks a return to open warfare and raises the risk of the conflict spreading to involve actors such as the Houthis and Saudi Arabia

The return to direct confrontation with Tehran underscores the difficulty the United States faces in securing a peace agreement and confronts the president with the kind of seemingly intractable conflict he once promised to leave behind forever

Experts believe the US-Saudi nuclear pact has changed nonproliferation rules 

The Islamic Republic’s strategy of wearing down the US president’s patience is once again proving successful. In this second phase of the conflict, Washington’s options for exerting pressure on Tehran are increasingly uncertain

The United States and Iran are intensifying their battle over a strait that is crucial to the global economy, and shipping companies fear significant additional costs for transportation

Work by inspectors from the UN atomic agency on the ground was interrupted by the 2025 bombings. No one has a verifiable answer about the whereabouts of Iran’s 440kg of nuclear fuel

Attacks on tankers kill one sailor and leave eight wounded as conflict threatens to spread again to the Red Sea and Iraq

‘Regime Change,’ a book by two reporters from ‘The New York Times,’ offers a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of the US administration during the second term of the New York real-estate tycoon

The conservative analyst, one of the leading voices of the now-defunct ‘The Weekly Standard,’ says the Iran war is the defining turning point of the Republican’s term

Iran’s Health Ministry said there were 14 dead and 78 injured in the latest offensive. It also claims one projectile landed very close to a nuclear facility