Houthis Signal Red Sea Revival as Bab al-Mandab Emerges as Next Flashpoint
Yemen's Houthi forces stand ready to strike the Bab al-Mandab Strait in solidarity with Iran, threatening to revive Red Sea shipping chaos. The move could
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Yemen's Houthi forces stand ready to strike the Bab al-Mandab Strait in solidarity with Iran, threatening to revive Red Sea shipping chaos. The move could
German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd HLAG.DE is incurring additional costs of $40 million to $50 million per week due to the ongoing conflict in the
At least 40% of Russia's oil export capacity is at a halt following Ukrainian drone attacks, a disputed attack on a major pipeline and the seizure of tankers,
Bahrain has put forward a draft United Nations Security Council resolution that would authorize countries to use "all necessary means" - diplomatic language
Global oil prices have not climbed enough to cause demand destruction, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Monday at the CERAWeek energy conference
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had given orders to postpone any military strikes against Iranian power plants for five days, hours ahead of a
China has urged all parties involved in the Middle East conflict, particularly the U.S. and Israel, to cease military operations, warning of a "vicious
MANILA, March 22 – The Philippines has allowed the temporary and limited use of a cheaper but dirtier type of fuel to ensure supply as it finds ways to
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV, March 22 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday urged allies to keep up sanctions pressure on Russia
DUBAI, March 22 (Reuters) – The Strait of Hormuz remains open to all shipping except vessels linked to “Iran’s
U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran threatened to escalate their war by attacking energy and desalination facilities in the Gulf, a potential widening of
March 21 (Reuters) – A British nuclear-powered submarine equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles has taken position in the Arabian Sea, giving Britain
By Lorenzo Hernandez PROGRESO, Mexico, March 20 (Reuters) – Volunteers in Mexico loaded a fleet of modest boats bound for Cuba with rice, baby wipes
By Crispian Balmer BAGNOLI, Italy, March 21 (Reuters) – Rusted factory skeletons loom over a shoreline poisoned by decades of heavy industry on the
Two Indian-flagged liquefied petroleum gas tankers are preparing to sail through the Strait of Hormuz in coming days after a pause in voyages, with no crude
A damaged Russian LNG tanker that has been drifting unmanned in the Mediterranean for more than two weeks, risking a major ecological disaster, is four to
A tanker carrying fuel originally bound for Cuba on Friday changed its destination to Trinidad and Tobago, according to LSEG ship-tracking data, a blow for
The French Navy seized an oil tanker on Friday in the Western Mediterranean that President Emmanuel Macron said belonged to Russia's shadow fleet, a network of
Surging oil prices in physical markets - the trading place for oil on ships, rail cars or in storage tanks - have outpaced the already dizzying increases in
The U.S. may soon remove sanctions from Iranian oil that is stranded on tankers to help lift global supplies and reduce prices, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott
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