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985 articles shownof 990 totalLast updated 2026-08-08 03:32 UTC
ir energy 6 3h ago 3 min read

Citi Raises Q3 Brent Forecast to $80 a Barrel as Iran Standoff Drags Past Five Months

Citi bumped its third-quarter Brent forecast to $80 from $75 on Friday, citing a stalled U.S.-Iran conflict now in its fifth month with no real fix for Strait of Hormuz shipping disruptions. The bank still thinks prices crater to $65 by 2027 once a deal happens, but Wall Street is split hard on timing, and nobody actually knows when Tehran and Washington sign anything.

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us defense 8 6h ago 4 min read

Pentagon Burned Through Nearly All Long-Range Precision Missiles in Iran War, Sources Say

The U.S. used almost its entire stockpile of ATACMS and Precision Strike Missiles during the war with Iran, according to CBS News. Patriot and THAAD interceptor stocks are also badly depleted, with one estimate saying it could take until 2029 to rebuild them. The Pentagon says the arsenal is fine. The math on interceptor replacement rates says otherwise.

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ir defense 8 7h ago 3 min read

Iran's Top Negotiator Calls Trump's Iran Strategy "Theater Diplomacy" as Hormuz Traffic Stays Near Zero

Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf publicly mocked Trump's on-again, off-again strike threats as "theater diplomacy on loop." Meanwhile actual shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has collapsed to almost nothing, and oil prices are climbing on fears the region's key chokepoints stay closed indefinitely.

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ir politics 8 9h ago 4 min read

Iran Hit Jordan Nine Times, Then Told Jordanians It Loves Them

After Iranian missiles killed three U.S. troops in Jordan and struck the kingdom eight more times, Iran's Revolutionary Guard pivoted to public messages of affection for the Jordanian people, thanking unnamed locals for tipping off targeting information. It's a transparent play to split Jordan's population from its own government, and it's working better than it should.

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ir economy 8 11h ago 4 min read

Bessent Says Hormuz Deal Could Come 'Today or Tomorrow.' Iran Says Not So Fast.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a 30-to-60-day ceasefire could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a day. Hours later, Tehran's own officials said U.S. and Israeli-linked ships still won't be allowed through until sanctions are lifted and Iran gets paid compensation. Nobody's actually agreed to the same deal yet.

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us energy 7 18h ago 3 min read

U.S. Oil Reserves Fall to 43-Day Supply, Lowest Since 1983, As Iran War Drags On

Combined U.S. crude stockpiles, commercial and strategic, have dropped to just 43 days of supply, the thinnest cushion since 1983, according to Bank of America Global Research data. Iran's seizure of the Strait of Hormuz after Trump's February strikes is squeezing global supply, and Washington hasn't announced any plan to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

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ir finance 5 1d ago 3 min read

Oil Climbs on Iran Tensions, Treasury Yields Rise Ahead of Jobs Report

Oil prices rose on Iran-related supply worries while Treasury bonds sold off ahead of the U.S. jobs report. Meanwhile a $1.25 billion natural gas deal and a fresh Trump-Canada tariff spat show the energy and trade fights aren't slowing down.

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ir defense 7 1d ago 4 min read

Iran Says Route Coordinates With Oman Are Locked In. Then Says the Deal Still Depends on the US Backing Off

Iran's Foreign Ministry says the GPS coordinates for a new Hormuz shipping lane with Oman are finalized and a joint statement is close. In the same breath, Tehran says none of it matters unless Washington lifts its naval blockade and stops what it calls Trump's threats. That's not a deal, that's a demand wearing a deal's clothes.

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ir defense 8 1d ago 4 min read

Iran Tells Gulf States: Stop Trump or We Hit Your Oil and Water Plants Too

Iran warned Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Pakistan's army chief that it will strike Gulf oil, power and water infrastructure if the US resumes attacks on Iranian territory, according to Reuters sources. Trump agreed on August 2 to hold off on strikes contingent on reaching a deal. Meanwhile the UN says Iran has executed at least 56 people since March, including 27 tied to protests, even as it threatens the region.

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ir defense 5 1d ago 4 min read

Retired General Jack Keane Says Pakistan and Qatar Are Compromised Mediators in Iran Talks

Retired Army Gen. Jack Keane says Pakistan and Qatar favor Iran over the United States and shouldn't be trusted as go-betweens in nuclear and Strait of Hormuz talks. Trump himself dropped Pakistan from his list of mediating countries in a recent statement, a shift from the praise he gave Islamabad in April. The White House still defends all three partners publicly.

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ir politics 7 2d ago 4 min read

Iran Executes Teenage Protesters as Death Sentences From January Uprising Continue

Iran has hanged multiple people arrested during January's anti-government protests, including a 19-year-old, with rights groups warning at least 12 more teenagers face imminent execution. Public hangings in Isfahan drew crowds chanting against the regime before security forces fired tear gas to disperse them.

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cn energy 6 2d ago 4 min read

China Raises Fuel Export Quotas for Second Straight Month as Iran War Disruptions Persist

Beijing approved 2.7 million metric tons of fuel exports for August, up from July's 2.5 million tons, even as the Iran war keeps global crude flows disrupted. China is still holding refiners to strict inventory rules, proving this is a calculated release, not an all-clear signal.

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ir finance 7 2d ago 3 min read

Oil Prices Sink on Iran Deal Reports While No Agreement Is Signed

WTI and Brent crude dropped roughly 6% Tuesday on reports that a U.S.-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was near. Nobody signed anything, Iran denies direct talks are even happening, and actual ship traffic through the strait barely moved. Markets bet on diplomacy that, as of Wednesday, still doesn't exist on paper.

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us defense 8 3d ago 4 min read

Michigan Joins Minnesota, Georgia and South Dakota in Water System Cyberattack Wave, FBI Still Won't Name Iran

Michigan's environmental agency confirmed Saturday that a small number of communities saw cyberattack activity matching the pattern federal agencies flagged in at least seven states. The FBI still won't officially blame Iran, even as CISA's own advisory ties the attack method directly to Iranian-affiliated hackers. Trump says it's Minnesota's incompetence, not Tehran, that's to blame, and Governor Walz says the President knows exactly who's responsible.

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ir finance 7 3d ago 3 min read

Oil Whipsaws, Stocks Hit Record as Iran Sends Mixed Signals on Hormuz

A ship was struck in the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday even as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a deal to reopen the waterway could come within a day. Markets shrugged it off, with the Dow hitting a fresh closing record and tech stocks leading gains after Palantir's earnings beat. Oil traders, meanwhile, are getting whipsawed by contradictory statements from Washington and Tehran.

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ir economy 9 3d ago 4 min read

Iran Wants Control of Ships Entering Hormuz as US Says Deal Possible by Wednesday

Iran is demanding direct control over inbound tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and oversight of outbound traffic, according to a senior Iranian source who spoke to Reuters. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. and Iran could strike a deal to reopen the strait within a day, but the two sides still disagree on the basics of who runs the waterway.

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us finance 8 3d ago 4 min read

Oil Rises Again as US-Iran Talks Stall and Iran Denies Any Negotiations

Brent crude climbed above $84 a barrel Tuesday after Iran's Foreign Ministry flatly denied Trump's claim that talks were underway to end the shooting war over the Strait of Hormuz. Goldman Sachs says its base case still has oil falling to $80 by year end, but warns prices could spike to $120 if the Gulf shipping disruptions keep dragging on.

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us defense 6 3d ago 3 min read

CENTCOM Emailed Analysts Asking for 'Creative' Ways to Pressure Iran, Pentagon Confirms

U.S. Central Command sent an unusual internal email asking military analysts, regardless of rank, to brainstorm new ways to pressure Iran, according to CNN, which the Pentagon confirmed. The request signals Washington may be short on options, but claims of an active shooting war with Iran are not backed by verified reporting and should be treated with real skepticism.

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us defense 5 3d ago 1 min read

Millions of Pilgrims Gather in Iraq for Arbaeen as US-Iran Tensions Loom

Millions of pilgrims are converging on Karbala, Iraq, this week for the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage, according to AP News, which reports the gathering is unfolding amid regional tensions and fears of renewed US-Iran escalation. President Trump said he is optimistic that talks tied to the Strait of Hormuz will reopen, AP News reports, though no timeline or further details were given.

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us defense 8 3d ago 4 min read

Reuters: US Army Has Used Almost All Its ATACMS and Precision Strike Missiles Fighting Iran

Reuters reports the Army has burned through virtually all of its ATACMS and Precision Strike Missiles during the five-month Iran war, and nearly half its global Tomahawk stockpile. The White House says the US has "far more munitions than anyone in the world." Both can be true at once, and that's the problem.

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us defense 8 3d ago 4 min read

MBS Told Trump to Slow Down on Iran Before Trump Called Off the Strikes

Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman warned Trump by phone that a major U.S. strike on Iran could trigger retaliation against Gulf oil facilities, according to the Saudi Press Agency and Axios. Trump says that call, and similar pressure from other allies, is why he called off a planned attack over the weekend and opted for a deal instead.

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us defense 8 4d ago 3 min read

Trump Calls Iran Deal 'Last Chance' as Tehran Denies Any Talks Are Happening

Trump says Iran is negotiating right now to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran says that's false, no talks are underway. Meanwhile the yen is holding most of its gains from last week's rare joint intervention by Tokyo and Washington, and the dollar is still nursing losses after the Fed held rates.

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us defense 8 4d ago 4 min read

Xi Told Trump China Wouldn't Arm Iran. Days Later, a Chinese Firm Reportedly Signed a $70 Million Missile Deal.

US officials believe Russia and China are now directly aiding Iran's fight against American forces, from satellite targeting data to shoulder-fired missiles that reportedly downed a US F-15 in April. The timeline is damning: Xi Jinping personally assured Trump China wouldn't arm Tehran, and five days later Reuters reported a Chinese company had agreed to sell Iran hundreds of missile systems. Whether Beijing's central government ordered the deal or looked away is still unproven, but the pattern is getting hard to ignore.

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ir energy 8 4d ago 5 min read

Diesel Hits $5.31 a Gallon as Iran War and Red Sea Blockade Squeeze Global Fuel Supply

Diesel averaged $5.313 a gallon nationally as of July 27, up 18 cents in a single week, according to the EIA. Six months into the Iran war, the Houthis' new blockade of the Bab-el-Mandeb chokepoint has now hit a second major oil route, while Exxon and Chevron post massive quarterly profits off record diesel margins. Consumers are footing the bill twice: once at the pump, once in the price of everything diesel trucks haul.

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us defense 8 4d ago 3 min read

US Burned Through Two-Thirds of Its Patriot Interceptors Fighting Iran. That's a Problem for Everyone.

During the confrontation with Iran, the US reportedly used up two-thirds of its Patriot missile interceptors, over a third of its THAAD interceptors, and a third or more of its Tomahawk stockpile, according to The Atlantic. Replenishing those stocks will take years, and the shortfall is a bipartisan problem three decades in the making, not something that started with any one president. The gap between America's needs and its factories exposes questions allies and lawmakers can no longer avoid.

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us politics 8 5d ago 4 min read

Trump Cancels Planned Iran Strikes After 'Locked and Loaded' Warning, Cites Deal on Hormuz and Nuclear Program

Trump says he called off a fresh round of strikes on Iran after Tehran and other Middle Eastern nations asked for restraint, claiming Iran agreed to the 'perimeters' of a deal on the Strait of Hormuz and its nuclear program. Sen. James Lankford defended the move on Fox News Sunday as pressure tactics, not a retreat, but the deal itself remains unsigned and unverified.

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us finance 5 5d ago 3 min read

S&P 500 Bull Market Hits August Stress Test as Oil Prices and Iran Tensions Complicate the AI Rally

The stock market enters August 2026 riding an AI-driven earnings boom, with J.P. Morgan projecting 13-15% S&P 500 earnings growth for the next two years. But elevated oil prices tied to Iran tensions, tariff escalation, and Fed uncertainty are squeezing the upside, with quantitative models now pointing to a modest 3% six-month gain instead of a blowout continuation.

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ir defense 8 5d ago 4 min read

Iran Threatens Regional Oil Facilities as Trump Holds Off on New Strikes, Citing Diplomatic Progress

Iran's foreign minister warned Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia that Tehran will retaliate against any fresh US attack, and reportedly signaled other countries' oil and gas sites could be hit too. Trump says he's holding off on renewed strikes for now, citing diplomatic progress, but the ceasefire looks fragile.

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ir defense 4 5d ago 3 min read

Iranian Activists Claim They're Stockpiling Weapons for Next Uprising, But No Revolution Has Happened Yet

Anonymous protest organizers inside Iran told the New York Post they're arming for a second round after January's deadly crackdown, which Trump has claimed killed 52,000 people, a figure no independent body has confirmed. The claims are unverifiable, come from anonymous sources through a translator, and describe intentions, not events that have occurred.

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ir defense 9 5d ago 4 min read

Iran Threatens One-for-One US Troop Killings as Tehran's Internal Cracks Widen

An Iranian military commander has publicly threatened to kill one American service member for every Iranian killed in the five-month war, even as Iran's own leadership fractures over whether to keep fighting or negotiate an exit. Iran's economy and streets are cracking under the strain, but that has not translated into any near-term collapse the Trump administration and Iranian opposition figures like Reza Pahlavi have long predicted.

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us defense 7 6d ago 4 min read

Trump Says Xi and Putin Told Him They Aren't Arming Iran, Even as GOP Lawmaker Says Russia and China Are Helping Tehran

President Trump says he trusts personal assurances from Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin that neither China nor Russia is arming Iran. That directly conflicts with Rep. Scott Perry's on-air claim that Russia helps Iran target Americans and China sells Iran weapons. Someone here is wrong, and it matters because U.S. bases in the region are the ones getting hit.

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ir defense 8 6d ago 4 min read

Iran-Linked Crime Network Recruits European Teens as Hitmen for Cash

A Swedish gang called the Foxtrot Network has recruited teenagers online to carry out roughly 35 murders and multiple bomb attacks across Europe since 2022, according to Europol and Swedish journalist Diamant Salihu. Police believe the network's leader, now based in Tehran, takes orders from the Iranian regime to target dissidents and Israeli interests, using disposable kids as trigger-pullers.

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us defense 9 6d ago 4 min read

US Embassies Across Middle East Tell Americans to Prepare to Leave as Trump Weighs New Strikes on Iran

State Department alerts went out Saturday to Americans in ten Middle East countries, warning them to be ready to depart amid reports Trump is considering a major new strike campaign against Iranian energy infrastructure. This is a war that's been grinding since February, and the latest escalation follows Iranian missile attacks on US forces in Jordan and the Strait of Hormuz.

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us economy 7 6d ago 4 min read

Trump Calls Iran War a Success. The Numbers Say It's Complicated

Trump says the U.S. war with Iran is going "extremely well," but $37.5 billion in spending, 18 dead troops, and a still-armed Iran tell a murkier story. Meanwhile Trump's own sanctions relief on Russian oil handed Vladimir Putin a financial lifeline he badly needed.

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us defense 8 6d ago 3 min read

Trump Says He Doesn't Believe Iran Hacked Minnesota Water Systems, Blames Walz Instead

Federal cybersecurity officials still haven't formally named Iran in the attacks on Minnesota's water systems, but multiple agencies say the evidence points that direction. Trump says he doesn't buy it and is pinning blame on Governor Tim Walz, without offering any evidence for that claim either.

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us defense 9 6d ago 4 min read

Kuwait Says It Shot Down Iranian Drones Over Two Straight Days as US-Iran War Spreads to Gulf States

Kuwait's military says it intercepted hostile drones on both Friday and Saturday, with falling debris damaging a government facility and civilian vehicles but causing no deaths. Iran's army claimed Friday's attack targeted a US base at Ahmed Al Jaber, marking one of the clearest signs yet that the Iran-US confrontation is now hitting third-party Gulf states directly.

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us defense 7 6d ago 3 min read

New York Times Cites Evidence of U.S. Strike on Iranian Residential Area That Killed Three Civilians

The New York Times reported evidence pointing to a U.S. bomb hitting a residential area in Iran, killing three civilians, during the June 2026 conflict. The Pentagon has not confirmed the specific strike, and the incident, if verified, would be the kind of collateral damage that happens in war, not proof of a war crime.

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in energy 3 6d ago 3 min read

Indian Oil Nearly Doubles Spot Crude Buying as US-Iran War Disrupts Middle East Supply

Indian Oil Corporation says spot market purchases jumped from 50% to almost 84% of its crude buying after the US-Iran war disrupted the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea shipping routes. The refiner posted a quarterly net loss of Rs 2,661 crore even as revenue rose 26%, proof that war in the Middle East has real costs that show up on balance sheets, not just headlines.

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us tech 6 Aug 1 4 min read

Google Won't Let Developers in Iran, Cuba, or North Korea Verify Their Android Apps at All

Google's new Android developer verification system, set to begin September 30, 2026, carves out an exemption for sanctioned countries. But that exemption isn't a favor. Developers in those nations simply can't verify, meaning their apps will only install freely at home, cut off from the rest of the world.

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ir energy 8 Aug 1 4 min read

Exxon and Chevron Post Combined $26.5 Billion Quarterly Profit as Iran War Keeps Oil Prices Elevated

Chevron's profit nearly quadrupled to $12.07 billion and Exxon's doubled to $14.53 billion in the second quarter, both companies reported Friday, as the six-month-old conflict with Iran keeps Middle East supply routes disrupted. Congressional Democrats are pushing a windfall profits tax, but the companies say they're just meeting a real supply gap, not manipulating it. The numbers are eye-popping. Whether they're unjust depends on whether you think prices set by global supply and demand during a war are the same thing as price gouging.

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ir defense 8 Jul 31 3 min read

Patriot Missile Stockpile Fell Below 827 After Iran Conflict, Down From 2,300 Pre-War

Months of intercepting missiles during the Iran conflict burned through more than half the U.S. Patriot interceptor inventory, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. THAAD stocks dropped just as fast, and analysts say rebuilding could take three years or more, right as the Pentagon plans for a possible fight with China.

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us defense 9 Jul 31 3 min read

Trump Orders New Weekend Strikes on Iran's Energy Infrastructure, WSJ and CBS Report

President Trump has ordered a fresh, multi-day attack on Iran that could begin as soon as this weekend, according to the Wall Street Journal and CBS News. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Tehran can no longer pay its own troops, and a new AP poll shows most Americans don't think the war has been worth fighting.

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cn defense 7 Jul 31 4 min read

China Set to Ship Up to 400 Missile Launchers to Iran as Hamas Agrees to Disarm in Gaza

Hamas has committed to a disarmament plan under the Gaza ceasefire framework, a real win for the Board of Peace overseeing the truce. At the same time, Iran is expected to receive its first shipment of up to 400 Chinese-made shoulder-fired air-defense missile launchers within weeks, a $60-70 million deal that shows Beijing rearming Tehran even as Gulf states lean on China to rein Iran in.

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us defense 4 Jul 31 3 min read

Leon Panetta Calls US-Iran Conflict an 'Unwinnable War,' Compares It to Iraq and Afghanistan

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the U.S. is repeating its worst foreign policy mistakes with Iran, warning of another drawn-out conflict with no exit plan. He's not wrong to worry about mission creep, but a warning isn't a strategy either.

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ua defense 8 Jul 31 4 min read

Ukraine Hits Iranian Cargo Ship and Russian Corvette in Caspian Sea, Killing One Sailor

Ukrainian drones struck an Iranian arms-shipping vessel and a Russian navy corvette in the Caspian Sea on July 25, killing a sailor from Bandar Anzali. Iran is furious and demanding a UN Security Council response, but Kyiv's message is simple: if you arm Russia, you're a target no matter what flag you fly.

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us energy 8 Jul 31 4 min read

Oil Set for Biggest Monthly Gain Since March as US-Iran Conflict Rattles Shipping Lanes

Brent crude is on track to close July up roughly 22%, WTI around 20%, the strongest monthly performance since March, as fighting between the U.S. and Iran squeezes traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb. Prices steadied Friday even as tanker flows partially recovered, proof the market is now pricing shipping risk more than war headlines.

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us defense 8 Jul 31 4 min read

Pentagon Weighs Cutting US Troop Levels in Kuwait After Iranian Strikes Hit Energy and Water Infrastructure

The Wall Street Journal reports the Pentagon is considering shrinking the American military footprint in Kuwait, a drawdown that started before the US-Iran war but accelerated after Iranian missiles hit Kuwaiti ports, desalination plants and airport facilities. Kuwait, hosting up to 13,500 US troops at Camp Arifjan since the Gulf War, is now openly worried a temporary evacuation becomes permanent while Iranian officials float threats of ground attacks on the country.

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gb defense 7 Jul 31 2 min read

British-Azerbaijani Man Accused of Spying on RAF Base in Cyprus for Iran

Rashad Sultanov, 44, was arrested in Cyprus on July 17 and faces extradition to the UK on suspicion of running surveillance on RAF Akrotiri for Iran's Revolutionary Guard. It's the first overseas test of Britain's 2023 National Security Act, and it lands right as RAF jets have been flying missile-intercept missions out of that same base.

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us defense 8 Jul 31 4 min read

Leaked Memo Ties Minnesota Water Hacks to Iran, But FBI Says Attribution Isn't Final

A memo shared with water utilities links the cyberattacks that hit more than 30 Minnesota water systems this week to Iran-affiliated hackers, but CBS News and federal officials say formal attribution hasn't happened. Investigators are also checking whether someone faked an Iranian signature to stir chaos amid the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict.

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ir energy 7 Jul 30 3 min read

Shell Posts $9.84 Billion Quarterly Profit as Iran War Disruption Cuts Both Ways on Energy Markets

Shell's second-quarter adjusted earnings more than doubled from a year ago to $9.84 billion, blowing past Wall Street estimates, as the Iran war drove up oil, gas and refining margins even while cutting into the company's LNG output from Qatar. Meanwhile Qatar itself, whose Ras Laffan LNG complex took the brunt of the war's damage, is now leaning on American gas exporters to fill the gap.

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us politics 6 Jul 30 4 min read

Netanyahu and Vance Hold Direct Blair House Meeting Over Vance's Iran Diplomacy Comments

Benjamin Netanyahu and JD Vance sat down one-on-one in Washington on Tuesday to hash out months of friction over Vance's public criticism of the Israeli government and its resistance to a U.S.-brokered Iran memorandum. This is a real rift inside an alliance the administration claims to be managing, not a minor scheduling footnote.

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us economy 6 Jul 30 4 min read

Eurozone Grew 1.8% Annualized in Q2, Beat U.S. Growth of 1.5% Despite Iran War Fallout

Eurozone GDP rose 0.4% quarter-over-quarter in Q2, or 1.8% annualized, topping U.S. growth of 1.5% for the same period, according to the EU's statistics agency and Dow Jones. Europe's economy outgrowing America's is rare enough to notice, and it happened while the U.S.-Israel war on Iran was jacking up energy prices and rattling markets everywhere.

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us defense 9 Jul 30 4 min read

Drone Strike Hits Egyptian Port Near Suez Canal as US-Iran War Widens

A drone set two gas vessels on fire at Egypt's Damietta port, dangerously close to the Suez Canal. Nobody's claimed responsibility, but the strike lands right after the US hit Iranian targets and Iran fired back at American bases across the region. Egypt has been one of the only channels keeping Washington and Tehran talking, which makes this look less like random chaos and more like someone trying to pull Cairo into a fight it's been trying to avoid.

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ir economy 7 Jul 30 3 min read

PCE Inflation Cools in June, But Iran-Driven Oil Spike Threatens the Relief

The Commerce Department's June PCE report showed headline prices fell 0.1% for the month, the first outright monthly drop since April 2020, with annual inflation easing to 3.7%. The catch: that data is already stale, because renewed Iran hostilities pushed Brent oil back above $90 a barrel after June closed, meaning the next report could look very different.

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us defense 10 Jul 30 4 min read

US Hits Dozens of IRGC Targets Overnight, Iran Vows to "Punish the Aggressor," Jordan Shoots Down Five More Missiles

The US military carried out a two-hour "heavy wave" of strikes on Iranian Revolutionary Guard targets Wednesday night, hours after Trump promised Tehran would "get a beating." Iran's IRGC responded Thursday with threats to punish the US and its regional partners, and Jordan's air defenses intercepted five more Iranian missiles the same morning.

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il politics 3 Jul 30 3 min read

CODEPINK Activists Confront Sen. Rick Scott on Capitol Hill Over Israel, Iran and Cuba

CODEPINK co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans confronted Sen. Rick Scott in a Capitol hallway over his support for Israel, U.S. strikes on Iran, and Cuba sanctions. Scott pushed back in real time, and the exchange has renewed attention on CODEPINK's funding ties to Neville Roy Singham, whose links to Chinese Communist Party-connected media have drawn bipartisan scrutiny.

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ir defense 6 Jul 30 4 min read

Air Force Fast-Tracked KC-135 Tanker Upgrades After Deadly March Crash During Iran War

A March crash that killed six airmen during Operation Epic Fury pushed the Air Force to speed up connectivity upgrades on its 60-plus-year-old KC-135 tanker fleet. Officials say most of the fleet now has secure data-link capability that barely existed six months ago, but the question of why 1960s-era tankers were still flying without modern situational awareness in a warzone remains unanswered.

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ir defense 8 Jul 30 3 min read

Reuters: Iran Set to Receive Up to 400 Chinese-Made Shoulder-Fired Missile Launchers in Coming Weeks

Reuters reports Iran has signed a $60-70 million deal for 300-400 Chinese MANPADS, with the first shipment expected within weeks. That directly contradicts what Trump has said Xi Jinping personally promised him about not arming Iran.

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sa defense 8 Jul 30 3 min read

Saudi Defense Minister Met Vance and Trump in Washington After Joint US-Saudi Strikes on Iran-Linked Targets in Iraq

Prince Khalid bin Salman flew to Washington for a brief, high-stakes visit with JD Vance and Trump, delivering a message from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about Saudi Arabia's view on the Iran war. Riyadh wants de-escalation but just showed it will hit back if Iran-backed militias or the Houthis touch its infrastructure again. Translation: Saudi Arabia is threading a needle, backing US strikes while trying to avoid getting dragged into a wider war.

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us politics 8 Jul 30 4 min read

Senate Advances Russia-Iran Sanctions Bill Named for Late Sen. Lindsey Graham, 86-12

The Senate voted 86-12 Tuesday to advance the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, which would give Trump power to slap 500% tariffs on Russian goods and 100% tariffs on the top five buyers of Russian energy. The House already left for August recess, so this isn't landing on Trump's desk anytime soon. The bill is real and the vote count is real. Whether it becomes law before Congress gets back to actual business remains an open question.

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