U.S. officials have told several Middle East countries to prepare for potential renewed military action against Iran after the Nov. 3 US midterm elections, and for possible…
European gas prices rose to a four-year high on fears of further Middle East supply disruption amid reports of US-Israeli plans to strike Iran. The Guardian How exposed is…
Brent crude rose about 1% to $114.72 a barrel on Friday, its highest since May, after Tehran said it would strike Gulf oil facilities, undersea cables and datacentres if a new…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian blamed Washington on Saturday for the unravelling of the interim deal meant to end the war with the US and Israel, while saying both sides…
Oil prices fell on Monday after President Trump waived some Russia sanctions and tariffs, as markets weighed the prospect of more Russian fuel reaching global supply. Quartz Is…
BBC Verify found that 12 vessels were attacked in and around the Strait of Hormuz between 5 and 11 October, the most in a week reported to the UK Maritime Trade Operations agency…
Iran has deployed new naval formations to monitor and target shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, where oil transit fell to 2.9 million barrels on October 11 from a pre-war daily…
What's going on right now, in one place. The ↗ links out to the original source; the item's own text turns into a link only once it becomes a full entry here. The world - The 2026…
What's going on right now, in one place. The ↗ links out to the original source; the item's own text turns into a link only once it becomes a full entry here. The world - Russia…
What's going on right now, in one place. The ↗ links out to the original source; the item's own text turns into a link only once it becomes a full entry here. The world - Russia…
A barrel graphic drawn for this page from the figures cited below; no photograph used. On Monday a post quoting Aramco's chief executive, Amin Nasser, went around: "Less than 6…
The Bab-el-Mandeb as seen from the International Space Station, Expedition 62. Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center. Public domain, via Wikimedia…
How the world's oil moves, before the war and now. Lane widths are EIA's pre-war chokepoint flows (fourth quarter of 2025); status lines as of 6 October 2026. Coastlines from…
What's going on right now, in one place. The ↗ links out to the original source; the item's own text turns into a link only once it becomes a full entry here. The world -…