Iran’s seizure of a British oil tanker has relaunched tensions in the Persian Gulf shutting down glimmers of hope. Teheran’s manoeuvre would appear to be in response to the prolonged seizure of the Iranian tanker carried out by Gibraltar only...
The First Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the...
Conflict in the Strait of Hormuz – one of the world’s most vital shipping channels – continues to unfold in incremental measures. Iran and the United States have each become defensive of the international waters that border Iran and flow...
Egypt’s removal of fuel subsidies rids the state budget of a heavy burden, instead transferring the burden to tens of millions of consumers. “The fuel subsidy removal will likely have inflationary effects,” said economist Abdel Qadir Ramadan. “This means that...
Chinese oil tankers are taking new steps to skirt United States sanctions on Iran, according to a report from The New York Times. Since US President Donald Trump restored sanctions over alleged nuclear violations, the US government has been actively...
A Royal Navy warship has escorted a British oil tanker out of the Persian Gulf as three Iranian vessels attempted to intercept it, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. The claim has been strongly denied by the Iranians. The...
Iranian relations with the West — in particular with Britain and the United States — have been historically rocky since the discovery and exploitation of Iranian oil. To properly understand the resentment against Western ideals and interference, it’s imperative to...
Following last month’s tanker attacks in the Middle East, two more were attacked on Thursday, pushing U.S. crude prices up 4.5 percent. Over the past several months, global oil prices have been in a stalemate. A report on Wednesday detailed...
Last night, while Shinzo Abe was in Iran to meet the Ayatollah Khamenei on a difficult peace mission, two tankers were attacked in the Gulf of Oman, south of the Strait of Hormuz. One appears to have been sunk. The...
(Cairo) Iran’s latest confession that it uses “unconventional” means to get around US sanctions may be yet another new challenge for US President Donald Trump and his administration as they try to force the Islamic Republic to comply with their...
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