4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (389+ words) European gas prices reached their highest level in more than 3 years as conflicts between Ukraine and Russia and in the Middle East continue. The continent's benchmark wholesale gas price, the front-month Dutch TTF contract, climbed above €80 a megawatt-hour on Wednesday,…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (368+ words) A suspected Iranian nuclear facility buried deep inside a mountain is seeing a "clear surge in construction activity" this year, experts are saying. The site in question is known as Pickaxe mountain and is located near the Natanz nuclear complex,…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (302+ words) American households have paid more than $760 in additional gasoline and diesel costs since the Iran war began Feb. 28, according to an estimate from Brown University's Iran War Energy Cost Tracker. The nationwide increase had reached roughly $100 billion by Monday as…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (399+ words) About $9 billion in potential Iranian shadow-banking activity passed through U.S. correspondent accounts in 2024, showing how money connected to Tehran continued moving through the American financial system despite years of sanctions designed to restrict Iran's access to dollars. The transactions were identified…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (631+ words) Iran has not deviated from the language of defiance as the protracted Middle East conflict with US continues without an end in sight. But reading between the words, a tone of desperation is setting in. Tehran's "proportionate responses" to the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (465+ words) The Middle East conflict is not yet over but a post-war scenario is being deliberated by the Trump administration, Axios reported. Washington is reportedly chalking out a post-war strategy, according to the news outlet. The US has set its eyes…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (298+ words) U.S. diesel prices have climbed back toward levels last seen during the early months of the war with Iran, adding fresh pressure to transportation and business costs as disruptions in the Middle East and Russia squeeze global fuel supplies. The nationwide…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (352+ words) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. will further escalate economic pressure against Iran this week. "This is going to be financial violence if we have to," he said. "We are showing people that we know who you are, you know…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (319+ words) Gulf states are accelerating investment in ports, pipelines and rail links as the Iran war exposes the risks of relying on the Strait of Hormuz, which carried about a fifth of global oil flows before the conflict severely disrupted shipping…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (227+ words) Iran's economic crisis continues to deepen after six months of war and mounting U.S. pressure, with its currency hitting a record low, inflation approaching 70% and oil revenues sharply reduced as President Donald Trump intensifies efforts to isolate Tehran. Washington has spent…...