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Iran Issues Stark Warning to Gulf Allies of US: Choose Security or Complicity

The president of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, has issued a blunt message to Gulf countries hosting American and Israeli military operations, warning them that their own peace and progress are...

IEA Chief Fatih Birol Urges Nations Not to Treat Iran Energy Crisis as Someone Else’s Problem

Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency, has urged world leaders not to treat the global...

Netanyahu’s Political Strength at Home Gives Him Room to Defy Washington’s Preferences

One of the underappreciated factors in the US-Israel strategic divergence is the domestic political dimension. Israeli Prime Minister...

Iran’s Retaliation Threat Exposes Fragility of Gulf Energy Security After South Pars Strike

The fragility of Gulf energy security was laid bare on Wednesday when Iran threatened to strike refineries and...

Trump Scorches NATO Allies, Claims Iran Military Has Been ‘Decimated’

President Donald Trump delivered a scathing assessment of NATO on Tuesday, accusing the alliance's members of abandoning the...

European Countries Close Ranks Against Trump’s Hormuz War Calls

European nations have presented a united front in refusing to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz, despite Donald Trump's threat that NATO's future...

Global Powers in Wait-and-See Mode as Hormuz Oil Crisis Escalates

The Strait of Hormuz crisis is deepening with no end in sight as global powers adopt a wait-and-see posture in response to President Trump's...

Trump Calls Strait of Hormuz Disruption a Red Line as Iran Attacks Gulf States Daily

President Donald Trump drew a stark red line on Friday, warning Iran that any further interference with shipping through the Strait of Hormuz would...

Trump Says US Profits From High Oil But Stopping Iran Nukes Is His Real Goal

President Trump offered a distinctly American perspective on the global oil crisis Thursday, noting that rising crude prices generate revenue for the United States...

Trump’s $300 Billion Texas Project: First New U.S. Oil Refinery in Decades

President Donald Trump has unveiled plans for a $300 billion oil refinery at the Port of Brownsville, Texas, marking a significant shift in U.S....

Trump Tells Republicans Iran War is a “Short-Term Excursion”

Addressing a gathering of Republican leaders, President Donald Trump sought to minimize concerns about a long-term war, calling the Iran conflict a "short-term excursion."...