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impact on petrol production. The fire comes at a sensitive time for Australia, given there has been a huge increase in oil prices triggered by the Middle East conflict, and there are enduring concerns over
Prices of the commodity have been volatile since Israel and the US launched strikes against Iran on 28 February, with potential peace deals and further escalations impacting the market. The three-month-long
prices have fallen sharply and Asian stock markets have risen on hopes of a deal that could bring an end to the US-Israel war with Iran. On Saturday, US President Donald Trump said
agreements to buy or sell an asset at a set date. The US said it would blockade Iranian ports for as long as Tehran continues to threaten vessels that try to use the Strait
impact on the market because the UAE’s exports, like those of all its neighbouring countries, are currently constrained by Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz. The UAE has been able to sell
agreements. However, it warned that the Iran war could push up costs and prices. It said: “Over time, the potential future impacts of heightened uncertainty may contribute to direct cost pressures, including energy and fuel
energy markets](/economy/2026/5/12/global-energy-crisis-highlights-meagre-oil-buffers-in-developing-world) caused by the Hormuz blockade. A key sticking point in negotiations between the US and Iran has been the future of the strait. Iranian officials insist that any agreement with Washington must
prices yet again - The ceasefire collapses, full-scale war breaks out again between the US and Iran, also impacting places like Dubai, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia The US Navy Commander's handbook on naval
prices as tankers carrying Middle Eastern oil are unable to reach global customers by crossing the Iran-bordering Strait of Hormuz. Trump has renewed a waiver allowing countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil because
agreement of 2023, which has since collapsed. “But if the price is right, and with Trump’s short-termism and disregard of traditional US allies, Xi could be persuaded to take a more vocal line
energy prices driven by the US-Israel war on Iran are also pushing up the costs of logistics and transportation. Fabian Dominguez, the manager of the meat shop El Bodegon, told Al Jazeera that pork
US-Israeli attack.  Jared Kushner (left) and Steve Witkoff (centre) with Oman’s foreign minister, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, during Iranian
agreement remains elusive. Furthermore, the Strait of Hormuz – through which before the war one-fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas supplies were shipped, largely to Asian countries – remains under the control
Iran that started on 8 April has largely held, but efforts to strike a long-term peace agreement between the two sides have not been successful. Control of the strait has been a major sticking
impacted the worst. However, rising inflation is hurting us all,” she said. “It’s not an Africa story – it’s a global story. For instance, the supply chain shock has been worse in Asia
agreement are unclear, notably around the timing of the reopening of the maritime route, who will oversee safe passage and whether any conditions will be applied. Iranian authorities have said there would
impact of the war will continue to affect the global economy for potentially months to come. "Let the oil flow!" US President Donald Trump said in a social media post heralding the agreement, which
prices – closed at $72.48 per barrel. After Iran closed the waterway on March 4 and began attacks on vessels attempting to sail through, traffic came to a standstill, stranding about 2,000 ships on either
price of petrol at the pump has reached nearly $4.18 a gallon ($1.10 a litre), the highest level in nearly four years. This comes in advance of midterm elections in November, for which polls show
prices to soar. Later, [Iran began charging tolls](/news/2026/3/26/tehranstollbooth-how-iran-picks-who-to-let-through-strait-of-hormuz) for passage through – a move until now unheard of for a strait. Despite a fragile ceasefire, Washington, in an attempt to pressure Iran, has imposed