From waiving the Jones Act to rerouting oil through the Red Sea, governments are doing their best to make up for the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, but prices are still rising.

Interest rates held, energy prices rising: if the conflict continues, the economic outlook for Britain looks ‘bleak’ ...

Blackouts. Economic paralysis. Empty shelves. Petrol and diesel rationing. Riots. As oil prices soar to unprecedented highs, Britain is on the brink of the worst energy crisis in our history.

Escalating geopolitical tensions in West Asia and the disruption of the Strait of Hormuz—one of the world’s most critical energy corridors—will cause acute supply-side stress with far-reaching ...

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps once warned that cutting off the strait would be "easier than drinking a glass of water" – but why?

The war in Iran is causing serious and lasting human and environmental impacts across the region and the world due to attacks on energy infrastructure, resulting in toxic pollution, acid rain, and ...

Whether Donald Trump’s comments yesterday that the latest Gulf war will be over “very soon” signal a de-escalation of the conflict is anyone’s guess (he also said America may “go further”). But even ...

The Pentagon is looking at ways to escort ships safely through the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of ...

Oil prices have nearly doubled in just over three months in 2026, raising fresh concerns about inflation and the outlook for the economy.

For the container industry, war-risk surcharges are no longer exceptional line items that appear and disappear with individual conflicts.

In 1956, a global crisis erupted as Britain and France clashed with Egyptian President Nasser over the Suez Canal. What followed was a dramatic military intervention, a diplomatic standoff, and a ...

The Assam Congress has landed in a controversy with its issuance of a show-cause notice to joint secretary Panjak Saikia. The notice accused Saikia of making inappropriate remarks about Bhupen Kumar ...