Trump Raises NATO Withdrawal as Allies Push Back on Iran War - WSJ

Trump Raises NATO Withdrawal as Allies Push Back on Iran War  WSJ

Gulf states consider new pipelines to avoid Strait of Hormuz

Conflict prompts countries to revisit plans that replicate Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline despite huge cost and complexity

Polymarket and other prediction platforms driving oil market, traders say

Datafeeds from platforms being used to create algorithms that determine multimillion-dollar trades on global market Energy traders say online betting platforms are directly driving the global oil market as they increasingly rely on anonymous prediction markets to determine multimillion-dollar trades. Market experts have said that datafeeds from prediction platforms such as Polymarket are being used to create the algorithms that influence trading in the global Brent crude futures market. Cont...

By Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Trump’s national address on Iran ’embarrassing, incoherent’

Harlan Ullman, a former senior US naval officer, has slammed President Trump’s address to the nation.

Iran-US war latest: Oil prices spike after Trump vows to keep hitting Iran ‘extremely hard’ in address to nation

The president said US forces would 'finish the job' in Iran and that 'core strategic objectives are nearing completion’

By Alisha Rahaman Sarkar and Mike Bedigan

‘Must be a meteor shower from Mars’: Iran mocks Trump with missile launch video after his ‘decimated military’ claim

India waives customs duty on key petrochemicals amid US–Iran conflict. Full list

The move comes amid a war which has disrupted global supply chains, tightened shipping routes, and pushed up input costs for energy-linked industries worldwide.

No end in sight as Trump threatens to hit Iran “extremely hard”, oil Jumps, stocks fall

Hopes for a swift end to the Middle East war faded on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed more aggressive strikes on Iran, in an eagerly anticipated address that disappointed investors hoping for clearer signals of a way out. Stocks slid and oil prices surged after Trump said military operations would be intensified in […]

Democrats demand ceasefire as Trump defends costly war on Iran

WASHINGTON: Democrats sharply criticised United States President Donald Trump following his national address on the ongoing war in Iran, framing the conflict as deadly, costly, and lacking clear objectives. In a 19-minute prime-time address from the White House, Trump described the conflict as a “decisive, overwhelming victory” and said the US was “getting very close” to finishing the “job” in Iran. “We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We are going to bri...

By none@none.com (Anwar Iqbal)

Aisling Moloney: It might feel like the early days of Covid, but lockdown with the lights off is not on cards yet

There is a sense of deja vu in the air, bringing us back to early 2020 when a virus was causing havoc in Asia, with some health experts warning life as we know it would be put on pause. Then it was Wuhan, now it’s the Strait of Hormuz.

Is NATO Becoming Collateral Damage In Trump's Iran War?

The ire from the president -- who has also blasted NATO allies as "cowards" over Iran -- is just the latest existential crisis to grip the 77-year-old alliance since his return to power last January.

Secret codes and yuan fees get ships through Iran’s Hormuz tollbooth

Ship owners and operators face difficult legal questions over whether they should pay Iran's tolls and which rules, sanctions and conventions may be applied to them.

Strait of Hormuz tensions may linger for months after US exit from Iran

Donald Trump has indicated a quick end to the war in the Middle East is in sight, raising questions about Hormuz and a global oil shock.

Trump tells US that Iran war victory near, but vows big strikes

After Trump’s speech, gasoline prices in the US surged above $4 per gallon (just under €1 per liter) for the first time in years

Trump says war with Iran 'nearing completion,' could conclude within weeks

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that the war with Iran is "nearing completion" and could last another two to three weeks.