Iran Claims to Take over Two Commercial Ships in Strait of Hormuz
(WND)—Government-linked media reports in Iran are making the claim that the country apparently still being run by a rogue Islamic ...
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US Seizes Iran-Linked Tanker in International Waters as Fragile Ceasefire Teeters Toward Collapse
The United States military boarded and seized the tanker Tifani in international waters near Sri Lanka on Tuesday, enforcing its ...
BlackRock Bets on America While the Strait of Hormuz Hangs in the Balance
There is a particular kind of institutional confidence that doesn't flinch at geopolitical chaos — it profits from it. That ...
The World’s Tankers Are Pointing at America — Are We Ready?
There is a certain poetic justice in watching oil tankers redirect from the Persian Gulf toward American ports. Since late ...
No Deal in Islamabad: Iran’s Intransigence Puts the World on Edge
Twenty-one hours of face-to-face negotiations. Three rounds of trilateral talks. One table in a locked-down Islamabad hotel, with Pakistani mediators ...
The Arithmetic of Apathy: What Happens if the World’s Oil Spigot Stays Dark
There is a particular kind of blindness that afflicts prosperous societies — the conviction that the machinery of modern life ...
Global Energy Crisis or Iranian Surrender in Five Weeks?
(Alt-Market)—The last time global energy markets witnessed a shock similar to what we might see this year was during the ...
Traders Made Hundreds of Millions in Suspiciously Timed Iran Bets
(DCNF)—Stock traders made oil bets totaling in the nine figures in a two-minute period just over a half hour before ...
Coincidence? Oil Jumps After Explosion and Massive Fire at One of the Largest US Oil Refineries
(Zero Hedge)—An explosion and large plumes of smoke at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur prompted officials to order west-side ...
Apocalypse Rising: We Have Reached a Moment in Human History That Could Change Everything
(The Economic Collapse Blog)—After this week is over, there may be no turning back. President Trump is literally threatening to ...