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Prices surge, jobs disappear as war strains Iran’s economy

Strait of Hormuz, installed on a building at the Valiasr Square in Tehran on May 2, 2026.](https://www.aljazeera.com

The Iran war created a global natural gas shortage — a windfall for U.S. companies

Strait of Hormuz continue, with the U.S. now [imposing a naval blockade](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/13/nx-s1-5783445/iran-war-updates)

Trump doubts shooter motivated by Iran war as peace talks on hold

Strait of Hormuz, April 21, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb6%2F1a%2F15437da0469f85df6799247d9c0d%2Fap26114554323690.jpg) A Revolutionary Guard Navy (IRGC) speedboat

'Floating armoury' ship reportedly hijacked by Iran

Strait of Hormuz was discussed during talks on Thursday between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese

UAE comes under Iranian attacks for second consecutive day

Strait of Hormuz starting on Monday. About a fifth of global energy exports pass through

Saudi Arabia posts $33.5bn budget deficit amid drop in oil sales

Strait of Hormuz. The kingdom’s budget shortfall widened to 125.7 billion riyals ($33.5bn) in the first

Iran war: What’s happening on day 62 as Trump asks Iran to ‘give up’?

Strait of Hormuz. Iran has pushed back strongly, with Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf dismissing

Cordial Trump-Xi meeting is a 'good sign,' says longtime U.S. diplomat

Strait of Hormuz must remain open and that "Iran can never have a nuclear weapon

Trump says US Navy acting ‘like pirates’ to enforce Iran blockade

Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway through which 20 percent of global oil and gas passes

Southeast Asia’s leaders confront fallout from Iran war at ASEAN summit

Strait of Hormuz, which has blocked a large portion of the region’s supply of oil and natural

Gulf leaders meet in Saudi Arabia for first time since start of war on Iran

Strait of Hormuz](/news/2026/4/24/how-long-can-iran-survive-the-uss-hormuz-blockade), a crucial waterway that has essentially been closed during the war, disrupting

US threatens shipping firms with sanctions if they pay Iran tolls

Strait of Hormuz. An alert on Friday by the [US Office of Foreign Assets Control

Reeves steps up criticism of Trump’s Iran war, branding it a ‘mistake’

strait of Hormuz, to get down energy prices and to strengthen and stabilise,” she told

Trump and Tehran’s series of mismanaged posts stall progress towards peace

strait of Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/iran-closes-strait-of-hormuz-again-until-us-lifts-blockade) and that it would not allow any of its stockpile

UAE quits OPEC: What that means for the Gulf, energy markets and beyond

Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world’s supplies of oil and liquefied

Oil prices slide on hopes of US-Iran peace deal

Strait of Hormuz shipping route, without giving further details. The narrow waterway, through which around

Fertiliser shortages will have ‘dramatic’ effect on global food prices, warns farming boss

strait of Hormuz – which Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday [could soon

UAE to quit Opec in blow to oil exporters’ cartel

strait of Hormuz, a narrow choke point between Iran and Oman through which a fifth

Cornyn fights to hold Texas Senate seat in runoff with Trump-backed Paxton – US politics live

strait of Hormuz was a matter for Oman and Iran to agree on, and that

Trump-Xi meeting: Could China, US form a ‘G2’?

Strait of Hormuz and Washington’s competing blockade of Iranian ports have left Chinese ships