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Saudi Arabia and Houthi militants are trading blows and heaping fresh pressure on global energy markets.
A resurgence of fighting in the war with Iran is expanding the scope of the conflict across the Middle East and further threatening shipments of oil and other products crucial to
Multiple Middle Eastern nations, including Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, have faced missile and drone attacks linked to the war between the United States and Iran and centered around the
The attack threatened to all but halt traffic through the crucial waterway again four months into the war with the Islamic Republic. President Donald Trump, in Ankara for the Nato summit, lashed out at European allies while gushing over Syria’s new president — a former jihadi — as the conflict continued to ripple through the global economy.
The escalating U.S.-Iran war threatens Asian oil refiners' plans to ramp up output in August, which could keep global fuel stocks tight and bolster prices for longer unless China fills the gap.
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"The Iran and Ukraine wars may be connecting."
The conflict in the Middle East has deepened forecasts of a global oil deficit in 2026, according to a Reuters poll of analysts, but recovering Gulf flows, robust U.S. production and weaker demand from China are expected to tip the market into an oversupply in 2027.