Oil prices drop over $1 on peace talk hopes
Oil prices fell more than $1 on Thursday, 12 November as hopes for progress in Middle East and Russia-Ukraine peace talks pressured markets. Brent futures lost $1.14, or 1.2%, to $91.62 a…
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Brent falls below $98 as Trump signals no fresh Iran strikes
Oil prices extended their slide on Monday, 9 November, with Brent crude falling below $98 a barrel after posting the steepest weekly drop since April 2020. The decline came as traders weighed…
US forms Task Force Iron Gate to block Iran land routes
US Central Command (CENTCOM) has established Task Force Iron Gate to disrupt Iran's use of land routes and the Caspian Sea for transporting advanced weapons, dual-use technologies and sanctioned materials, expanding the…
US midterm results send crude prices crashing 10%
Global crude prices crashed nearly 10% on Thursday, 5 November, after the Democratic Party strengthened its control of both houses of the US Congress in the midterm elections, defeating President Donald Trump's…
US sanctions Indian couple, 9 firms for Iran oil maritime fraud
The US Treasury on Wednesday, 4 November 2026, sanctioned an India-based couple, Suniel Kumar Sharma and his wife Jaspreet Preeti Shahid, along with two other Indian nationals and nine companies for allegedly…
Iran exempts Indian ships from Strait of Hormuz curbs
Iran has exempted Indian, Chinese, Iraqi and Qatari vessels from transit restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz, effective from Tuesday (3 November). Amir Hayat Moghadam, deputy chair of the Iranian parliament's national…
India sends life-saving medicines to Iran despite flight disruptions
India continues to facilitate the transport of life-saving medicines to Iran as a humanitarian gesture despite the ongoing conflict in West Asia disrupting flight connectivity between the two countries, the Ministry of…
Iran claims seven oil tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said on Thursday, 22 October, that seven oil tankers caught fire or were damaged overnight in the Strait of Hormuz after being struck by Iranian forces…
Gulf oil flows top prewar levels, but shipping costs surge sevenfold
Middle East oil flows have surpassed prewar levels, averaging over 24 million barrels a day in the week ending 18 October, up from the prewar average of 23.3 million, according to ship-tracking…
EMs see first foreign outflow since June as hawkish Fed spurs $26.3 billion pullout
Foreign investors withdrew $26.3 billion from emerging-market stocks and bonds in September, the first monthly outflow since June, as a hawkish Federal Reserve pushed US Treasury yields and the dollar higher, the…
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