The Strait of Hormuz isn’t totally closed. Meet the ‘shadow fleet’
In December 2025, the U.S. seized a sanctioned tanker flying the flag of Guyana, where it wasn’t registered. The vessel was, in legal terms, stateless.
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Trump’s Iran war tests US voters’ patience as petrol prices rise
Administration has failed to douse surge in fuel costs as Middle East turmoil deepens
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Farage forgets which country he aims to govern
In domestic and foreign policy, the British right’s vulnerability is its America-worship
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Mandelson papers: what do they show?
Top Starmer aide warned US envoy’s appointment was ‘weirdly rushed’, while disgraced peer sought £547,000 payout
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Oil back near $100 after ships hit
400mn barrels of crude made available as governments race to tackle energy shock
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IEA releases record oil reserves to counter Iran war energy shock
US joins unprecedented drawdown that underscores threat to global economy from Middle East war
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Trump’s Iran war is costing American taxpayers $1 billion a day as the national debt spirals out of control
Should the Iran war drag on for even several more weeks, the damage to America’s fragile finances will prove substantial.