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Katya Adler: Europe's Nato allies push back at reported US threat to Spain

impact, reared its Medusa-like head. Again. "No worries," Spain's determined-to-appear calm prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, said to waiting journalists as he arrived at the leaders' summit. "We are fulfilling our obligations

Why the Iran war did not go according to US plans

closing the strait, but Trump rejected the general’s assessment and assumed Iran would surrender before reaching that point. On the ground, however, the Strait of Hormuz became a decisive factor in disrupting both economic

Hormuz effect? How US, China are ramping up tensions over the Panama Canal

close to the Gulf, claiming it was attempting to cross the Arabian Sea through the Strait of Hormuz and was heading towards the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. ## Is all this the ‘new normal

Two weeks that pushed Trump to the edge. Is his presidency unravelling?

close to meeting the “actual malice” standard that public figures must clear in defamation. Trump has said he will refile the lawsuit. Meanwhile Trump suffered a setback on the global stage with the election result

Is Iran’s oil storage nearly full – and will it have to cut production?

Strait of Hormuz to other shipping. This is the primary motive behind Washington’s naval blockade of Iranian ports. Iran exported 1.84 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in March and shipped

The UAE’s OPEC exit is not about oil; it is the end of Gulf solidarity

Strait of Hormuz partially closed, would limit the immediate price impact. Analysts pointed to the longstanding tension with the quotas imposed on Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s (ADNOC) ambition to reach five million barrels

Jet fuel shortage: Why Iran war could ground flights in Europe

Iran. The strait is a vital water passageway through which one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies are shipped during peacetime. The collapse in supplies has driven a sharp

UK could face gaps on supermarket shelves by summer if Iran war continues

Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/strait-of-hormuz) does not reopen, disrupting supplies of the CO2 required by the food industry. Officials from government departments including No 10, the Treasury and the Ministry of Defence have run a planning

Neither US nor Iran can sustain strait of Hormuz standoff indefinitely

Hormuz and effectively halt all other shipping. More than 1,550 vessels remain trapped in the Gulf, while on Wednesday and Thursday no merchant ships transited the strait, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence

Republicans say they will defer to Trump on Iran war despite arrival of deadline

impact on gas prices. Still, most GOP lawmakers say they are supportive of Trump's wartime leadership, or are at least willing to give him more time amid the fragile ceasefire. Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer

Africa sees winners and losers as Iran war pushes up oil prices

Strait of Hormuz, along with attacks on regional energy infrastructure, has [reduced](/news/2026/4/28/oil-prices-rise-despite-irans-proposal-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz) global oil production by 14.5 million barrels per day – equivalent to a 57 percent decline. ## Africa’s import dependence Despite being

Hegseth faces questions about Iran in first congressional appearance since war began

closing of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping corridor for the world's oil, has sent fuel prices skyrocketing and posed problems for Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. The U.S. has imposed

'I don't want the children to see how worried we are': UK family finances hit by Iran war

closed to most traffic. - [Why the Strait of Hormuz matters so much in the Iran war](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78n6p09pzno) Although the UK gets very little of its gas from the region, the squeeze on supply

Another day, another pivot as Trump flails in an Iran trap of his own making

strait of Hormuz could be possible, but did not give a straight reply on the reported proposal. Tehran has said it wants the blockade to end first, before talking about anything else. The foreign ministry

The Iran war has strengthened Ukraine in surprising ways. Could a ceasefire with Russia be closer?

Strait of Hormuz. Trump has renewed a waiver allowing countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil because of spiralling costs worldwide. The more money Russia has, the longer and, in theory, harder, it can prosecute

The threat to summer holidays looming from jet fuel shortages

Strait of Hormuz having been blocked for the past eight weeks, however, those supplies have not been available, prompting a scramble for fuel produced elsewhere. This has pushed up prices dramatically. In late February, before

Rubio visits India to sell energy as Iran oil shock persists

Hormuz - a narrow shipping lane that has become a flashpoint since Israel and the US attacked Iran in February - have virtually ground to a halt. Iran has used the closure of the strait

Oil price slumps as Trump says he called off Iran attacks

closed the key Strait of Hormuz waterway in retaliation for US and Israeli strikes on the country, which started on 28 February. Around a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas usually

Could Trump’s Iran ‘excursion’ be a bigger global turning point than Vietnam?

impact on the US, the international strategic fallout may prove more long lasting. Photograph: Tim Page/Corbis/Getty Images --- Clearly the domestic US consequences of Iran will never match Vietnam. True, the war was unpopular from

Iran war: Why the BRICS foreign ministers meeting in India matters

close to the Supreme Court of India. On Thursday at 1pm (07:30 GMT), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join a joint conference call with the visiting leaders from Seva Teerth, a new administrative