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Strait of Hormuz blockage drives up Gulf food bills In a supermarket in Bahrain, Mahmoud Ali fills his cart as usual. The shelves remain stocked despite the war in the Middle East, but the blockade of the main shipping routes into the Gulf is now being felt at checkout. “There’s no shortage”...

Iranian Lawmakers Consider Imposing Tolls On Shipping Through Strait Of Hormuz Tehran will potentially monetise Iran's newfound grip, and the war will allow Tehran to impose maritime restrictions on states that Iran has sanctioned. Tehran, Iran: Iran is planning a proposal to levy transit fees...

".....outraging animal rights advocates, who called it a “slap on the wrist.” A daughter separated from their father for eight months who will, after serving his sentence, have a permanent record which will make him struggle finding employment and thus struggle to provide for the said girl. A...

Paid with his own coin. Played at his own game. If this is real.🤣🤣🤣 Trump exhibits strikingly little second-order thinking which blinds him to the truth that is cooperation. His decision-making appears almost entirely first-order and self-centered: if a move doesn't deliver a clear, immediate...

Tulsi Gabbard tells Senate panel US strikes on Iran are strategic success National intelligence director says Iran’s conventional military projection capabilities had been ‘largely destroyed’ Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence who in 2019 was selling “No War With Iran”...

France will never take part in operations to unblock Hormuz Strait amid hostilities, says Macron PARIS, March 17 (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday France would never take part in operations to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, pushing back on comments by U.S. President Donald...

Donald Trump’s excessively transactional mindset makes him come across less like a head of state and more like a caricature of a 1940s New York mob boss except he’s wielding the machinery of the Republican Party and the power of the United States. His approach to the Gulf often feels less like...

Exclusive: US weighs military reinforcements as Iran war enters possible new phase WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is considering deploying thousands of U.S. troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East, as the U.S. military prepares for possible...

Brazilian truckers weigh strike as diesel prices jump amid Middle East conflict Truck drivers' unions in Brazil are advocating for a strike as early as this week after the recent jump in diesel prices due to the conflict in the Middle East, ‌a union head said on Tuesday. A truckers' strike...

Middle East war: why attacks on gasfields like South Pars are a major escalation Strike was first time a fossil fuel energy production facility has been hit. But why is it significant and who does it affect? Strikes by both sides on so-called upstream gas production facilities in recent days...

U.S. officials 'not allowed' to tell Trump Iran war concerns, former counterterrorism director claims 'There wasn't a robust debate' Joe Kent says during interview with Tucker Carlson Joe Kent, the former U.S. counterterrorism director who resigned this week over concerns about the Iran war...

Qatar Expels Iranian Diplomats After Missile Strike on Key LNG Facility Qatar has declared Iranian military and security attaches, along with their staff, persona non grata and ordered them to leave the country within 24 hours following a missile strike on its critical energy infrastructure...

Iran launched waves of missiles and drones at Israel and Persian Gulf states Wednesday, lashing out as Israel said it killed another top official – Iran's intelligence minister Esmail Khatib – after killing top security chief Ali Larijani. Two people were killed near Tel Aviv by falling debris...

Gulf oil sites evacuated after Iran threatens imminent air strikes Oil sites across the Gulf have been forced to evacuate after Iran issued a warning in the latest escalation of the war which has continued for a third week. Iran issued an evacuation warning to oil facilities across Saudi...