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Wall Street Rises Friday but Posts Weekly Loss as Yields and Iran Uncertainties Linger
U.S. stocks bounced Friday on strong services data, but all three major indexes still fell for the week as bond yields a...
Refining Crisis from Iran War Keeps Diesel and Gasoline Prices Under Pressure
Crude has retreated from wartime peaks, but fuel cracks, inventories and refining outages point to a prolonged diesel-ga...
Vance Says Cutting US Gasoline Prices Is Top Priority in Iran War
Vice President J.D. Vance says the Trump administration's first goal is keeping oil and gas prices low across America, w...
Oil Prices Edge Up as Strait of Hormuz Stalemate Chokes Global Supply
Brent crude rises to $89.08 and U.S. gasoline hits $4.04 a gallon as fighting in Iran effectively shuts the critical wat...
China Single-Handedly Balances Asia's Crude Oil Demand After Hormuz Closure
China's crude imports have dropped 4.2 million bpd, absorbing almost all of Asia's demand loss since the Iran conflict c...
African Sovereign Bond Issuance Surges 70% in 2026 as Demand Defies Iran Fears
Citibank says it has helped African governments raise $6.2bn in debt so far this year, 70% more than in 2025. Improving ...
War-Driven Refining Boom Lifts Big Oil Earnings, but the Upside Is Fragile
Record refining margins driven by the Iran conflict and Russian supply losses are turbocharging Big Oil profits. The win...
Asia's July Oil Imports Rebound but Remain Far Below Pre-Iran War Levels
Asia's July crude and fuel imports rebounded on a ceasefire tailwind but remain well below pre-war levels, with the reco...
Gulf Hotel Demand Drops 43% for Marriott as Iran Conflict Tests Q4 Season
Marriott's Middle East RevPAR fell 43% in Q2 and executives warn the Gulf's Q4 peak season — when a third of annual regi...
Trump Calls Out Exxon and Chevron for 'Too Much' Profit as Iran Conflict Buoys Oil Prices
Trump accused ExxonMobil and Chevron of 'too much' profit and demanded lower retail fuel prices, as a report projects ne...
Brent Slides 4.9% as Trump Pauses Iran Strikes, Calming Stocks for Now
Brent crude fell to $83.59 after Trump said he would hold off on new Iran strikes, lifting stocks and easing inflation f...
UK Fuel Theft Estimated at £194,000 a Day as Iran Conflict Lifts Prices
Fuel theft from UK forecourts rose 20% in incidents and 48% in value in the five months after the Iran conflict began, w...
IAG First-Half Profit Drops 21% as Iran War Drives Up Jet Fuel Costs; Iberia Provision €114M
IAG's H1 net profit fell 21% to €1.03 billion, squeezed by surging kerosene prices from the Iran conflict and a one-off ...
BoE Keeps Rate at 3.75%, Warns of Hike if Iran Conflict Persists
The Bank of England holds its key rate steady but signals readiness to tighten if Middle East tensions keep energy price...
US Military May Ban Cell Phones in Middle East as Iran Exploits Online Footage for Targeting
Adm. Brad Cooper warns that social media posts from deployed troops give Iran real-time battle damage assessment, prompt...
Munitions Math: Why Weapons Stockpile Fears Are Slowing Trump’s Iran Campaign
Vice President Vance and Pentagon brass raised alarms that repeated strikes could drain missile and interceptor reserves...
German Business Confidence Edges Higher Despite Iran War Strains, Ifo Shows
The Ifo index rose to 86.6 in July, a third straight monthly gain that surprised analysts, but economists warn the recov...
Houthi Strikes on Saudi Oil Sites and Caspian Clash Signal Wider Iran War
Fighting in the Iran conflict leaped to the Red Sea and Caspian Sea as Houthis attacked Saudi Aramco facilities and Iran...
House Again Demands End to Iran Hostilities as Senate Splits and Economic Fallout Grows
The House narrowly passed a symbolic resolution to halt U.S. military operations in Iran, while the Senate blocked a com...
Rubio Says Ukraine Talks Stalled but US Open to ‘New Ideas’ as Iran and China Crises Mount
Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged past peace efforts were unsuccessful, leaving the door ajar for fresh diplom...
Dubai Real Estate Market Plummets After Iran Strikes — Only Seasoned Investors Remain
A once-booming market sees transaction volumes collapse by 75% as inexperienced investors flee and prices dip. Experienc...
Strait of Hormuz Closure Sends Fuel Prices Soaring, Fuelling Child Malnutrition Crisis in Nigeria
Iran war’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz spiked fuel prices in Nigeria by 75% in two months, driving a surge in child...