Oil

EU warns of summer fuel shortages as Iran war drives global energy crisis

The EU is preparing measures to curb the impact the war is having on jet fuel supply, Jorgensen told reporters in Madrid.

Fuel price display at a Total Energies service station illustrating rising energy prices amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East in Propriano South Corsica France on April 20, 2026.
Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi chairs an extraordinary meeting of Arab League foreign ministers day before the 51st Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in Istanbul, Turkey, June 20, 2025

After Iran war, attack on Gulf States, will the GCC withdraw from Arab League - analysis

An illustration of oil barrels, pipelines, and drills, over the backdrop of US and Iranian flags.

Oil surges, stocks fall as US-Iran tensions threaten Strait of Hormuz shipping flows driving risk

People gather as smoke rises at the Industrial Area after reported Iranian missile attacks, following United States and Israel strikes on Iran, in Doha, Qatar, March 1, 2026

Qatar facing 'strategic shock' in energy, influence crisis in wake of Iran war


Strait of Hormuz closure has raised oil prices, but not without precedent - analysis

Even as gas prices have risen in recent weeks, another set of numbers has remained relatively contained: the markets.

A map showing the Strait of Hormuz, also known as Madiq Hurmuz, and 3D printed oil barrels are seen in this illustration taken March 26, 2026.

IDF strike kills Head of Commerce at Iranian regime's oil headquarters

The IRGC's Oil Headquarters generates billions of dollars annually in profits for the Iranian regime's brutal police force through oil sales.

IDF GRAPHIC describing Mohammad Reza Ashrafi Kahi.

Iranian drone attack sparks fire at Shuwaikh Oil Complex in Kuwait

The drone attack caused a fire at the Shuwaikh Oil Sector Complex, but no injuries were reported.

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation headquarters, illustrative.

World food prices set to continue soaring if Iran war persists, says UN report

The global surge in food prices comes as the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route in the Middle East, remains shut down as governments scramble to reopen it.

A map showing the Strait of Hormuz, also known as Madiq Hurmuz, and 3D printed oil barrels are seen in this illustration taken March 26, 2026.

IDF kills Iranian ballistic missile chief, US strike targets key supply bridge in Tehran

US strike targets a major highway bridge connecting Tehran to Karaj, with a source saying the strike was intended to disrupt Iranian supply routes used to transport missile and drone components.

Smoke rises from the site of a strike in Tehran on April 1, 2026.

Gulf states consider bypassing Strait of Hormuz with new oil pipelines via Haifa - FT

The Financial Times reported that the Gulf states aim to create a new network of pipelines, roads, and railways to stop relying on the Strait of Hormuz.

3D-printed oil barrels, an oil pump jack and a map showing the Strait of Hormuz and Iran appear in this illustration taken March 2, 2026.

Bahrain's Strait of Hormuz resolution runs into fresh obstacles at UN

Bahrain's initial draft had explicitly invoked Chapter VII of the UN Charter, which allows the Security Council to authorize measures ranging from sanctions to military force.

Jamal Fares Alrowaiei, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council during the meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, February 18, 2026.

Exposing the hidden forces in the Iranian war

Shir Perets debunks viral claims and examines the narratives driving the conversation around Israel and the war.

Shir Perets debunks viral claims and examines the narratives driving the conversation around Israel and the war.

Iran war 'shock' is dimming outlook for many economies, IMF says

The International Monetary Fund warned that the war in Iran was causing a global, but asymmetric shock and leading to tighter financial conditions.

Iran and Iraq map. Ilustration.

Netanyahu: 'Only long-term solution for Hormuz crisis is rerouting pipes to Mediterranean'

"Long-term solutions include rerouting energy pipelines westward, across Saudi Arabia to the Red Sea and Mediterranean, bypassing Iran's geographic choke point," Netanyahu told Newsmax.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, February 26, 2026.