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Qatar Says LNG Export Capacity Down 17% After Iranian Strike on Facility
Qatar said it has reduced its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity by approximately 17% after Iran struck its Ras Laffan energy facility.

By The Financial District
16 hours ago1 min read


U.S. Loses More Than a Dozen Reaper Drones in Combat
More than a dozen unmanned MQ-9 Reaper drones have been lost in combat during operations against Iran.

By The Financial District
16 hours ago1 min read


Kuwaiti Refinery Burns After Drone Attacks
Drone attacks struck Kuwait’s Mina Al-Ahmadi oil refinery, sparking several fires but causing no casualties.

By The Financial District
2 days ago1 min read


Japan Nixes U.S. Assessment of Its Policy Shift on Taiwan
Japan rejected a US assessment that its stance on how it might respond to a potential Chinese attack on Taiwan marked a “significant shift,” an issue that could cloud an imminent leaders’ summit between Tokyo and Washington.

By The Financial District
2 days ago1 min read


Judge Orders 1,000 VOA Staffers Back to Work in Rebuke to Kari Lake
A federal judge has ordered the parent agency of Voice of America (VOA) to reinstate 1,042 full-time employees who had been placed on leave, ruling that actions taken by Trump administration official Kari Lake were “arbitrary and capricious."

By The Financial District
3 days ago1 min read


Experts Suspect Insider Trading Linked to Trump Statements: CBS News
Financial market experts are raising concerns about possible insider trading following a spike in oil futures trading minutes before President Trump announced talks with Iran on social media.

By The Financial District
3 days ago1 min read


Birthright Citizenship Cannot Be Banned by Trump
The US Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in two weeks on a case involving birthright citizenship, with legal experts examining the historical foundations of the issue.

By The Financial District
3 days ago1 min read


Iran War Puts Taiwan Risks in the Spotlight
The Iran war and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz highlight broader risks to tech-heavy global portfolios heavily invested in artificial intelligence: Taiwan.

By The Financial District
4 days ago1 min read


Iran to Require Ships to File Information Before Entering Hormuz
Iran is preparing to pass a law requiring ships to submit detailed information and pay fees before transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

By The Financial District
4 days ago1 min read


Democrat Slams $1.5-B Stock Trade Before Trump Pauses Iran Attacks
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) raised concerns over a massive oil-related stock trade that occurred shortly before President Trump announced a five-day pause on energy infrastructure strikes in Iran.

By The Financial District
4 days ago1 min read


Iran War Is Biggest Oil Shock in History, Analysts Say
As the Iran war enters its fourth week, the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed, choking off roughly 15 million to 16 million barrels of oil per day from the market.

By The Financial District
4 days ago2 min read


U.S. Attack on Medical Clinic Kills 7 Iraqi Soldiers
Seven members of Iraq’s armed forces have been killed in what was likely a US airstrike on a base shared with the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF).

By The Financial District
5 days ago1 min read


China Won’t Grant Trump Plea to Patrol Iranian Waterway
President Donald Trump may delay his much-anticipated visit to China at the end of the month as he seeks to ramp up pressure on Beijing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and calm oil prices that have soared during the Iran war.

By The Financial District
5 days ago1 min read


Powell to Stay as Fed Chief Until His Successor Is Confirmed
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady, as expected, but what Chair Jerome Powell said next was not.

By The Financial District
5 days ago2 min read


“No Kings” Protests Draw 8-M Participants in All 50 States
More than 8 million people turned out at over 3,300 “No Kings” protests across all 50 states on Saturday, organizers said, calling it the largest single-day demonstration in US history.

By The Financial District
5 days ago1 min read


Trump Says NATO Owes Him Help on Iran War After Supporting Ukraine
Just two months ago, NATO was in the middle of an existential crisis over President Donald Trump’s insistence that the US take control of Greenland.

By The Financial District
5 days ago2 min read


U.S. Not Yet Ready to Escort Tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
Iran continues attacks on commercial shipping, with two additional vessels reportedly set ablaze in Iraqi waters.

By The Financial District
Mar 281 min read


Mexico Urges U.S. to Stop Flow of Guns to Drug Cartels
Claudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico, has urged the United States to curb the flow of firearms across the border, arguing that illegal weapons from the U.S. are empowering drug cartels.

By The Financial District
Mar 281 min read


Johnson Pushes Back on Trump’s Iran Reconstruction Talk
Mike Johnson and other senior Republicans said the United States should not be involved in rebuilding Iran, a day after President Donald Trump described U.S. operations there as “the beginning of building a new country.”

By The Financial District
Mar 271 min read


Market Not Biting Trump Vow to End His Iran War
If all it takes is hearing the promise of “very soon” to trigger a $40 swing in global crude markets at one piint, then perhaps it is safe to say investors simply are not prepared for the headline risk generated by the US-Iran conflict.

By The Financial District
Mar 271 min read


Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Could Die Near Targeted Nuke Silos
A chilling map simulation created by scientists illustrates how residents across North America could be affected by nuclear fallout following an attack on US missile silos.

By The Financial District
Mar 161 min read


Iran Tells Trump: You’ll Get the Escalation You’re Obsessed With
Iran is walking back its attempts to ease tensions with its Middle East neighbors, blaming US President Donald Trump for the shift.

By The Financial District
Mar 132 min read


Trump Plans 100K-Seat Stadium for UFC Fight on His Birthday, June 14
President Donald Trump says he plans to build a 100,000-seat stadium near the White House to host a UFC fight on his birthday, June 14, 2026.

By The Financial District
Mar 131 min read


Russian Spooks Claim Iran Killed Israeli Generals, Hundreds of Troops
Russian intelligence sources have released a startling report claiming that Israel has suffered massive personnel and strategic losses following the first 72 hours of Iranian retaliatory strikes.

By The Financial District
Mar 131 min read
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