Jump in prices comes as Donald Trump says vessels will need permission of US Navy to transit key waterway. Published On 24 Apr 202624 Apr 2026 Oil prices have jumped on heightened tensions between the United States and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz following Washington and Tehran’s tit-for-tat captures of commercial vessels. Brent crude,…
The U.S. and Iran seized commercial ships from the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean this week, as they compete for control of the Strait of Hormuz during the ceasefire agreement. Brent oil, the international benchmark, has risen above $100 per barrel again as tanker traffic through the strait remains at a near standstill. Two…
TIANJIN, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 01: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin(L) and Chinese President Xi jinping ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 1, 2025 in Tianjin, China. (Photo by Suo Takekuma – Pool/Getty Images) Pool | Getty Images…
Two billion years after the cosmos banged into existence, a mysterious force known as dark energy began shoving space outward, causing the universe to balloon faster and faster and threatening to one day rip apart everything within it, from clusters of galaxies to particles inside atoms. Astronomers have taken on the behemoth task of figuring…
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a series of decisions that wind and solar developers say have throttled hundreds of renewable energy projects across the country. Judge Denise J. Casper of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit that a coalition…
Shorouk Express ASTANA, Kazakhstan, December 11. Kazakh authorities are in talks with Chinese company Zhongyoung Power (Yunxi) Group Co. about potential investment in the modernization of Kazakhstan’s energy infrastructure, Trend reports via Kazakh Invest. The discussions took place during a meeting between Kazakhstan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aliбек Kuantyrov, Deputy Chairman of the Board…
Shorouk Express BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, December 4. Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan discuss advancing the CASA-1000 energy project, a strategic initiative aimed at linking Central and South Asia’s power grids, Trend reports via the Kyrgyz president’s press service. This was announced during the briefing after the meeting between Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif….
Shorouk Express “Ukraine gains direct access to diversified and reliable energy sources, while Greece becomes a hub for supplying Central and Eastern Europe with American liquefied natural gas,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, emphasizing Greece’s growing role as an energy hub. The agreement will “cover nearly €2 billion needed for gas imports to compensate for…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 15. The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) has made immense contributions to Europe’s energy security, former ambassador of the US to Azerbaijan Robert F. Cekuta told Trend, as TAP marks 5 years since the start of commercial operation. “European and global developments, especially from February, 2022 onwards, have more than validated…
Shorouk Express “We lost everything we were restoring 24 hours a day! Every time the enemy strikes even more brutally, even more cynically,” the operator said in a post on Facebook. The company scheduled power cuts that can last up to 16 hours in some regions, as it works to repair the power supply. “Emergency…
