A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 airplane lands at Los Angeles International Airport after arriving from Chicago on March 7, 2026. Kevin Carter | Getty Images How volatile are fuel markets this year? Southwest Airlines hired a ship this spring to send jet fuel from Texas to California, where prices are much higher and concerns had…
The VLCC Mobassa B (previously named Front Forth), one of the two tankers which the UAE defence ministry said was struck by Iranian cruise missiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, August 18, 2024, in this picture obtained by Reuters on July 14, 2026. Edwin van Werd | via Reuters Oil prices…
NewsFeed Senator Jon Ossoff challenges Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over past claims that Iran’s military had been ‘destroyed’ and rendered ‘combat ineffective,’ questioning whether those claims were accurate as US forces continue operations against Iran. Published On 22 Jul 202622 Jul 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on…
An aerial view taken from an helicopter during a media visit shows five platforms over the Johan Sverdrup oil field in the North Sea some 140 kilometres west from the town of Stavanger, Norway, on December 3, 2019. (Photo by Tom LITTLE / AFP) (Photo by TOM LITTLE/AFP via Getty Images) Tom Little | Afp…
In this edition of the Middle East Defense Digest, Breaking Defense Middle East Bureau Chief Agnes Helou catches you up on some of the biggest developments in the region — literally in the case of Egypt’s new and quite large military facilities. There are also takeaways for Turkey from the annual NATO summit, which was…
The US and Iran have exchanged strikes for an eighth consecutive day after an Iranian attack on a base in Jordan killed two US soldiers and left another missing. Iranian media reported that an under-construction nuclear power plant in the south-western city of Darkhoveyn had been struck overnight, as well as Qeshm Island. In Kuwait,…
Two U.S. service members were killed in action on Friday in an Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack on U.S. and partner forces in Jordan, U.S. Central Command announced. A third U.S. service member is missing, the command release added, while four more troops had to be medically evacuated to hospitals in Jordan. Those four…
The US military said it carried out the seventh night of strikes on Iran since President Donald Trump declared the temporary ceasefire agreement was “over”. US Central Command (Centcom) said its forces “hit surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities”. Iran said it responded by targeting US allies in the region…
Feckless and clueless, Donald Trump is lost in Iran, unable to find a way out of the disastrous war he started. Once again, the US military is pummelling the country and, increasingly, its civilian infrastructure. As before, this unlawful bludgeoning strengthens the resistance of a hardline regime that cares little for its people’s suffering. How…
The US launched a wave of strikes against Iran for the sixth night in a row, its military said, as the two sides battled over control of the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command (Centcom) said the attacks were intended to “further degrade Iranian military capabilities”, before saying it had boarded a vessel as part…
