Strait of Hormuz
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Global Markets Retreat as US-Iran Military Escalation Drives Oil Prices Higher
Global equity markets declined and oil prices surged on Monday following an escalation of military strikes between the United States…
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Trump Announces U.S. Naval Blockade on Iran and 20% Fee for Strait of Hormuz Protection
President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States will reimpose a naval blockade on Iran and demand a 20%…
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EU Clean Tech Strategy Faces Hurdles as EV Tariffs Show Mixed Results
The European Union faces a complex path toward securing its clean energy future, according to new research highlighting the limitations…
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The $70 Oil Illusion: Why Depleted Global Reserves Signal a Looming Price Spike
Crude oil’s recent retreat below the $70-per-barrel threshold is increasingly viewed by analysts not as a return to stability, but…
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Iran Shuts Strait of Hormuz as U.S. Resumes Strikes, Shattering Fragile Ceasefire
Iran has declared the Strait of Hormuz closed “until further notice,” effectively dismantling a month-old ceasefire as U.S. forces launched…
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Oman Proposes Dual-Corridor Solution to Break U.S.-Iran Stalemate in Strait of Hormuz
A diplomatic effort to bifurcate control of the world’s most sensitive oil chokepoint has emerged as the primary hope for…
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Muscat Talks Pivot to ‘Middle Corridor’ as Iran Asserts Strait Sovereignty
Negotiations in Muscat have shifted toward a specific technical compromise—the reopening of a “Middle Corridor” in the Strait of Hormuz—as…
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Trump Declares Iran Ceasefire ‘Over’ Amid High-Stakes Qatari Mediation
President Donald Trump has declared a formal end to the ceasefire with Iran, even as his administration signals a willingness…
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Iran’s Economic Fragility Forces Khamenei’s Hand on Strait of Hormuz Deal
Internal desperation in Tehran has reached a breaking point, with President Masoud Pezeshkian and the head of Iran’s central bank…
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Trump’s Gulf Dilemma: Low Oil Reserves and Midterm Pressures Create a Strategic Straitjacket
The United States is navigating a narrowing corridor of options in the Persian Gulf as record-low energy stockpiles and the…
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