US–Iran Strikes Widen as Houthi Threat Sends Brent Above $91: Why Two Global Energy Chokepoints Are Now at Risk
Category: Geopolitics | Economy | Energy The latest escalation between the United States and Iran is no longer confined to…
US–Iran Conflict Pushes Brent Crude Above $90 as Strait of Hormuz Risks Return
The renewed escalation between the United States and Iran is no longer confined to missiles, military installations and official statements.…
Russia Launches One of the War’s Biggest Ballistic Missile Barrages on Kyiv
Kyiv Hit by 41 Missiles and 125 Drones as Ukraine Warns of an Urgent Patriot Interceptor Shortage One person has…
US–Iran Conflict Enters a More Dangerous Phase as American Troops Are Killed and Oil Risks Intensify
US Renews Strikes on Iran After Troop Deaths: Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea Risks Push Oil Back into Focus…
Oil Prices Surge Above $88 as Hormuz and Red Sea Risks Converge
Brent crude gains 16% in one week as two strategic waterways face disruption The international oil market ended the trading…
US–Iran War Escalates Across Gulf After Seventh Night of American Strikes
Kuwait’s water, power and oil infrastructure enter the conflict zone The US–Iran confrontation has moved into a more dangerous stage.…
US–Iran Attacks Intensify as Hormuz Traffic Falls: Why the Red Sea Threat Could Reshape the Oil Crisis
Nine145 Global Energy and Geopolitics Desk | 16 July 2026 The fragile US–Iran arrangement reached in June has been overtaken…
US–Iran strikes revive Strait of Hormuz crisis as oil and shipping risks rise again
Renewed military exchanges return the world’s most important energy passage to the centre of global economic risk The United States…
Anil Menon Space Launch: Soyuz MS-29 Heads to International Space Station
NASA astronaut Anil Menon begins his first spaceflight alongside two Roscosmos cosmonauts on an eight-month mission aboard the orbiting laboratory.…
Strait of Hormuz Crisis: US–Iran Strikes and Tanker Attacks Push Oil to One-Month High
Renewed military escalation, attacks on commercial vessels and a proposed transit charge have placed the world’s most important Gulf energy…
Russia Diesel Export Ban: Global Fuel Supply Tightens as Prices Rise
Russia’s suspension of diesel exports is adding pressure to already constrained fuel markets affected by refinery disruption, low inventories and…
Strait of Hormuz Crisis: US–Iran Strikes Escalate After Commercial Ship Attack
Iran has again declared the vital shipping route closed as US strikes and Iranian retaliation raise risks for Gulf security,…