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In an attempt to ease soaring gasoline prices amid the war in Iran, President Trump on Wednesday announced a 60-day waiver on the Jones Act – a US shipping law that traces back more than a century and has been criticized for keeping energy prices sky-high.
WASHINGTON — US intelligence concluded Wednesday that Iran was not rebuilding nuclear enrichment capacities destroyed last year by the United States and Israel, contradicting a key justification by President Donald Trump for his ongoing war.
Pars is the Iranian sector of the world’s largest natural gas deposit, and the attack is seen as a major escalation
Vice President JD Vance warned there’s a “rough road ahead” as global energy prices soar due to the Iran war.
As United States President Donald Trump faces mounting global criticism for starting the war on Iran with Israel, he is also facing a battle at home with opposition lawmakers who have challenged his authority to conduct the conflict.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi told reporters that the strike on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear site did not hit the actual power plant but landed on the premises, not causing any "very significant" damage.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard sidestepped a pointed question about whether or not, as the White House suggested, there was an “imminent nuclear threat” from Iran.
France believes the US-Israeli war on Iran is unjustified and unlawful, the French ambassador to Oman has told Middle East Eye in an exclusive interview.
Revolutionary Guards say they will strike infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar after South Pars field hit
“The fuel, energy and gas infrastructures” of those who attacked Iran’s energy and oil facilities “will be burned and turned to ashes at the earliest opportunity,” a spokesperson for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Khatam al-Anbiya, said.
Prof Kaveh Madani, winner of the Stockholm water prize, was accused of sabotage with his environmental work
With Iran's chokehold on exports through the Strait of Hormuz triggering an international energy crisis, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has proposed extending the oil pipeline that links Turkey and Iraq all the way to the southern port city of Basra.
SINGAPORE — Cambodia is importing more fuel from suppliers in Singapore and Malaysia to make up for supply shortfalls from Vietnam and China, its energy minister told Reuters on Wednesday, as the United States-Israeli war on Iran squeezes fuel availability globally.
Las jugadoras de Irán posan para una foto de equipo antes del juego de fútbol de la Copa Asiática Femenina entre Irán y Filipinas en Robina, Australia, el domingo 8 de marzo de 2026. (Dave Hunt/AAPImage vía AP, Archivo)
BOSTON, Massachusetts — Under President Donald Trump, United States foreign policy has reached a new low. His administration’s war on Iran, coming just after its kidnapping of Venezuela’s dictator, will damage the US and change how the rest of the world views American power.
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Iraq’s gas supply from Iran has stopped following the strikes on Iranian gas sites earlier today, according to a report from the Iraqi electricity ministry.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday as senators examined global threats from China, Russia, Iran, transnational criminal organizations, and global instability.
California is home to the largest Iranian diaspora community in the world. But opinions are mixed when it comes to support for the war against Iran.
Iranian President Mazoud Pezeshkian has confirmed the death of the country’s intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib.
Beijing seeks to decipher effect of Iran war on US midterms and best way to apply pressure when Trump meets Xi
The financial cost of the Iran war to American taxpayers is being understated by officials and could balloon into the trillions of dollars over the long term, The Intercept has warned.
WASHINGTON — US companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela's state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, on Wednesday as the Trump administration looks for ways to boost world oil supplies during the Iran war.
Online gamblers reportedly linked to the prediction platform Polymarket allegedly issued death threats to an Israeli journalist in an attempt to force him to change a story about an Iranian missile strike on Israel.
The US leader’s call for a delay as he focuses on the Iran war follows reports of growing frustration at the White House’s erratic behaviour
El primer ministro británico Keir Starmer (izq) y el presidente francés Emmanuel Macron en Chequers, cerca de Aylesbury, Inglaterra, el 9 de enero del 2025. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP)
Iran has threatened to attack oil and gas facilities in the Gulf region in retaliation for an Israeli strike on its South Pars gasfield as the fallout from the United States-Israeli war on the country continues to escalate.
Move comes as president attempts to mitigate rising price of oil while carrying out war on Iran
Former leader of the Labour Party and Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn challenged British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper’s claim that UK bases are only being used for “defensive strikes” against Iranian missiles.
Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari issued a statement calling Israel’s strikes on Iran’s natural gas sites “a dangerous and irresponsible step amid the current military escalation in the region”.
An Israeli airstrike hit Iran’s South Pars gas field, the largest in the world, on Wednesday — causing energy prices to spike as Tehran vows to hit energy sites across the Gulf in retaliation.
Thousands of Iranians gathered in Tehran on Wednesday to attend the funeral of top Iranian security officials.
If Europe is sucked into this illegal conflict with Iran, public support for rearmament could collapse – and only Putin will benefit
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As the US-Israeli war against Iran intensifies, with violence spreading across the Gulf and Lebanon, Pakistan is coming under increasing domestic pressure to pick a side.
President Trump issued a Jones Act waiver on Wednesday in his latest attempt to tamp down rising fuel prices caused by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Las empresas de Estados Unidos podrán hacer negocios con la empresa estatal venezolana de petróleo después de que el Departamento del Tesoro flexibilizó el miércoles las sanciones, con limitaciones, mientras el gobierno del presidente Donald Trump busca maneras de aumentar el suministro mundial de …
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President Donald Trump issued a 60-day waiver of a longstanding U.S. shipping law in an attempt to stabilize oil markets amid the Iran war, the White House confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump is expressing anger with NATO’s refusal to join his push to send warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz. (AP Video: Mike Pesoli)
Fishermen pass an oil tanker in the Gulf of Venezuela off the shore of Punta Cardon, Venezuela, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, FIle)
A failure to seize the moment amid soaring energy prices and act in the May budget could make voters turn their anger toward the federal government
JERUSALEM — Israel said on Wednesday its forces had killed another top Iranian official, Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, and said its military was authorised to kill any senior figure of the Islamic republic in its sights.
On Saturday night, as the war on Iran entered its third week, a small group of Israelis assembled in central Jerusalem.
Iran players pose for a team photo ahead of the Women’s Asian Cup soccer match between Iran and the Philippines in Robina, Australia, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Dave Hunt/AAPImage via AP,File)
As the holy month of Ramadan draws to a close, Muslims around the world are getting ready for Eid al-Fitr.
Fars News Agency reports that Iran intends to respond to strikes on its gas faculties by targeting “enemy infrastructure that was previously thought to be safe”, citing Iranian military sources.
Israeli jets hit natural gas facilties in Iran, according to Israeli officials and Iranian state media.
People and vehicles crowd at a popular market in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
More than 200 Americans at Balad site say they have no evacuation plan as fears grow of a post-Ramadan assault