More: Iran
European shares fall as US Iran tensions lift oil prices
European shares edged lower on Monday as renewed fighting between the United States and Iran unsettled investors after Tehran closed the Strait of Hormuz,...
Global Stocks Slide as Gulf Conflict Sends Oil Prices Higher
Global markets fell sharply on Monday as escalating conflict in the Gulf and Iran's claim that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz fueled...
Hormuz Shipping Falls to Five Week Low After US Iran Strikes
Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz dropped to its lowest level in five weeks on Sunday as renewed U.S. and Iranian military strikes...
Why US Middle East Policy Keeps Failing, From Iraq to Iran
The Middle East - for many Western observers - is something akin to Long Covid. One day you believe you are through the worst...
Renewed Gulf Hostilities, Elevated Regional and Global Uncertainty
The United States and Iran traded new attacks overnight into Thursday, intensifying an exchange that has threatened the collapse of their agreement to end...
Is Iran Turning the Strait of Hormuz Into a Permanent Toll Gate?
Tehran has stopped trying to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. It is trying to own it. That distinction, more than any ceasefire announcement or...
Thai Sailors Sue Shipping Firm Over Strait of Hormuz Attack
A Thai labour court has agreed to hear a compensation claim filed by three sailors who survived a deadly attack on their cargo vessel...
European Shares Head for Weekly Loss as Tech Stocks Slide, Iran Tensions Weigh
European shares were little changed on Friday but remained on track for their first weekly decline in five weeks as weakness in technology stocks...
More LNG tankers resume Hormuz transit despite tensions
More liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers have resumed sailing through the Strait of Hormuz despite renewed military tensions in the Gulf, while Japan said...
The Making of a War: A Political Discourse Analysis of the 2026 U.S.-Iran War
Donning a white cap that reads in capital letters U S A, President Donald Trump announced the launch of “major combat operations in Iran”...